Optic disc oedema secondary to high intracranial pressure (ICP). Papilledema is frequently bilateral & symmetric but may be asymmetric or unilateral Other causes of disc oedema: Inflammation Papillitis, Neuroretinitis, Papilophebitis, Uveitis Ocular hypotony Any cause Vascular causes CRVO, Diabetic Papillopathy, Uremia, Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy (AION) Orbital causes Tumours, Grave’s orbitopathy, orbital cellulitis Infiltrative conditions Leukaemias,…
Category: Nervous system
Episodic throbbing disabling headache usually associated with nausea and of > 6 months duration with normal neurological examination. Classification International Headache Society (IHS) classification of primary headaches: Migraine Tension headache Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (of which cluster headache is the most prominent variety) Group 4 “other primary headache disorders”: Consists of 10 rare headache syndromes with…