Papilledema

Evidence-based neurology checklist on papilledema: Pathology This is optic disc swelling secondary to increased intracranial pressure It is usually bilateral and symmetrical but it may be unilateral Causes Features of disc swelling Features of raised intracranial pressure Differential diagnosis…

Pathology

  • This is optic disc swelling secondary to increased intracranial pressure
  • It is usually bilateral and symmetrical but it may be unilateral

Causes

Features of disc swelling

Features of raised intracranial pressure

Differential diagnosis

Investigations

Acronym

References

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  4. Franco CM, Balparda K, Diaz AM, Jiménez D, Pamplona AP. POEMS syndrome as an uncommon cause of papilledema. Nepal J Ophthalmol 2014; 6:105-108.
  5. Hickman SJ, Allen JA, Baisre A, et al. Neuro-ophthalmological complications of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Neuroophthalmology 2013; 37:146-156.
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