Benign intracranial hypertension

Introduction: Benign intracranial hypertension

Description of Benign intracranial hypertension

Benign intracranial hypertension (medical condition): A condition involving increased intracranial pressure which can produce symptoms similar to a brain tumor. See also Pseudotumor Cerebri:
  »Introduction: Pseudotumor Cerebri
  »Symptoms of Pseudotumor Cerebri
  »Treatments for Pseudotumor Cerebri

Benign intracranial hypertension: A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS).
Source: Diseases Database

Benign intracranial hypertension: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Benign intracranial hypertension is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Benign intracranial hypertension, or a subtype of Benign intracranial hypertension, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Benign intracranial hypertension as a Disease

Benign intracranial hypertension: Another name for Pseudotumor Cerebri (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Pseudotumor Cerebri
  »Symptoms of Pseudotumor Cerebri
  »Treatments for Pseudotumor Cerebri

Benign intracranial hypertension: Benign intracranial hypertension is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Brain conditions

Causes of Benign intracranial hypertension

Some of the causes of Benign intracranial hypertension are included in the list below:

• Insulin like growth factor 1
• Arnold-Chiari malformation
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Cerebral oedema
• Intracranial haemorrhage

See full list of 25 causes of Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Symptoms of Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Some of the symptoms of Benign intracranial hypertension incude:

• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Pulsating intracranial noises
• Swelling of optic disk

See full list of 11 symptoms of Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Treatments for Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

Treatments for Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri) include:

• Spinal taps
• Shunting
• Steroids
• Cerebrospinal fluid reduction medications
• Hyperosmotic drugs

Read more about treatments for Benign intracranial hypertension

Treatment of Benign intracranial hypertension: For more treatment information about Benign intracranial hypertension, see treatment of Pseudotumor Cerebri (Benign intracranial hypertension)

Benign intracranial hypertension: Article Excerpts about Pseudotumor Cerebri

Pseudotumor cerebri, also called benign intracranial hypertension, literally means "false brain tumor." It is caused by increased pressure within the brain and is most common in women between the ages of 20 and 50. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Pseudotumor Cerebri Information Page: NINDS)

Terms associated with Benign intracranial hypertension:

Terms Similar to Benign intracranial hypertension:

• Otitic hydrocephalus
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Pseudotumour cerebri
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Source: Diseases Database

• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with papilledema
• Intracranial hypertension
• Intracranial hypertension, idiopathic
• Pseudotumor cerebri

Source - NIH

Hierarchical classifications of Benign intracranial hypertension

The following list attempts to classify Benign intracranial hypertension into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other conditions of brain
• OTHER DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

Disease Ontology - OBO - Hierarchy 2

• High Blood Pressure
• Unspecified circulatory system disorder
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Benign intracranial hypertension

• Pseudotumor cerebri - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Pseudotumor Cerebri : Article by James Goodwin, MD
• Interventions for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Cochrane Review)
• pseudotumor cerebri
• OMIM - INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION, IDIOPATHIC
• eMedicine - Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension : Article by Mark Gans, MD
• pseudotumor cerebri - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Pseudotumor Cerebri

Source: Diseases Database

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