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. 2023 Nov-Dec;26(6):1026-1028.
doi: 10.4103/aian.aian_655_23. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

Fulminant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Atypical Presentation

P R Sowmini  1 , S Pramod Kumar  1 , S Sakthi Velayutham  1 , V Kannan  1 , Krishnan Mugundhan  1
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Fulminant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Atypical Presentation

P R Sowmini et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2023 Nov-Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
MRI brain (plain) axial images showing tortuous optic nerves with prominent perioptic CSF space
Figure 2
Figure 2
2a-Fundus before surgery. OD: disk edema with hyperemia, dilated tortuous vessels, OS: disk edema with temporal pallor and dilated tortuous blood vessels. 2b-Fundus on 10th day post TP shunt. OD: normal disk, OS: disk pallor suggestive of early optic atrophy. OD=Once daily
Figure 3
Figure 3
X-ray Lumbosacral (LS) spine lateral view revealing migration of thecal end of TP shunt
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