TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Some Common Neurological Emergencies
A1  - Cook, James Steven
A2  - Salardini, Arash
A2  - Biller, José
PY  - 2016
T2  - The Hospital Neurology Book
AB  - Increased  intracranial  pressure  (ICP)  often  requires  invasive  monitoring  and  emergent  treatment.  Pseudotumor  cerebri  is  the  common  name  for  the  idiopathic  form,  which  may  be  due  to  cerebral  venous  sinus  thrombosis  and  associated  with  papilledema  and  visual  loss.  The  opposite  clinical  syndrome  is  intracranial  hypotension,  which  is  one  of  the  causes  of  new  daily  persistent  headache.  The  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI)  shows  a  sagging  brain  and  pachymeningeal  enhancement.  Myelography  using  either  computed  tomography  (CT)  or  MRI  imaging  is  used  to  find  the  cerebrospinal  fluid  (CSF)  leak,  sometimes  cured  with  a  blood  patch.  Brain  herniation  is  a  complication  of  increased  ICP  requiring  emergent  treatment.  False  localizing  signs  are  seen  due  to  compression  of  the  contralateral  Kernohan  notch.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127045104
ER  -