Unilateral papilledema in 'benign' intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)
N. A. Sher, J. Wirtschafter, S. K. Shapiro, C. See and I. Shapiro
Three patients with benign intracranial hypertension ([BIH], or pseudotumor
cerebri) had verified increased CSF pressure and unilateral papilledema.
One patient had slowly progressive loss of visual acuity until unilateral
optic nerve sheathotomy was performed. One patient had spontaneous venous
pulsation in the unaffected eye. The diagnosis of BIH must be considered
even in the absence of bilateral papilledema.
