Intracranial hypertension syndrome explained

Specialty:	neurology

Intracranial hypertension syndrome is characterized by an elevated intracranial pressure, papilledema, and headache with occasional abducens nerve paresis, absence of a space-occupying lesion or ventricular enlargement, and normal cerebrospinal fluid chemical and hematological constituents.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

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