The Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521869195)

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.

Author: Ian Johnston, Brian Owler, John Pickard
ISBN-10: 0521869196
ISBN-13: 9780521869195
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2007
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.77h x 7.10w x 0.91d