Ian Johnston

Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (eBook, PDF)

Pseudotumor Cerebri, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Benign Intracranial Hypertension and Related Conditions

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Produktbeschreibung

The condition known most widely as pseudotumor cerebri syndrome is of diagnostic interest and clinical importance not just to neurosurgeons, but also to neurologists, ophthalmologists and headache specialists. Variously called idiopathic intracranial hypertension, benign intracranial hypertension, and other names over the century or so since it was first recognised, the authors argue for the grouping of all these conditions under the name of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome on the basis of a common underlying mechanism - an impairment of CSF absorption due to abnormalities at the CSF/venous interface. The book reviews the development of ideas around some of the more contentious issues and deals in depth with aetiology, investigative findings and strategies, treatment and outcome, and in the concluding chapter, considers the possibility of establishing an experimental model to facilitate analysis of the unresolved issues, and pointing the way to a more complete understanding of this controversial condition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511276217
• Artikelnr.: 38213750

Autorenporträt

Dr Ian Johnston is Associate Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Surgery at the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. History of the pseudotumor cerebri concept
3. Disease mechanism
4. Nosology, nomenclature, and classification
5. Aetiology
6. Clinical features
7. Clinical investigations
8. Treatment
9. Outcome
10. Experimental studies
11. Conclusions
12. Bibliography.