Levofloxacin and Intracranial Hypertension ina Patient with Spondylodiscitis: A Case Report
Abstract
Pseudotumor cerebri or benign intracranial hypertension is characterized by increased intracranial hypertension without evidence of a mass lesion or ventricular obstruction. Symptoms are mainly headache and papilledema. If untreated, papilledema can cause progressive irreversible visual loss and optic atrophy. Usually occurs in obese women and in the childbearing years. It is a diagnosis of exclusion and, therefore, other causes of increased intracranial pressure must be sought with history, imaging, and cerebrospinal fluid examination before the diagnosis can be made. MRI findings include empty sella, smooth-walled venous stenoses, flattened globes and fully unfolded optic nerve sheath [1].
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