Intracranial Hypertension Resident Survival Guide
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]
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Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
- Aneurysm
- Arnold-chiari malformation
- Behçet's disease
- Brain tumor
- Cerebral edema
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
- Choroid plexus tumor
- Chronic kidney disease
- Colloid cyst of third ventricle
- Contusions
- Crouzon craniofacial dysostosis
- Cushing's syndrome
- Dural arteriovenous fistula
- Encephalitis
- Epidural haemorrhage
- Epidural hematoma
- Erdheim-chester disease
- Excess cerebrospinal fluid
- Head trauma
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypertensive brain hemorrhage
- Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Insulin like growth factor 1
- Intracranial granuloma
- Intracranial haemorrhage
- Intraventricular hemorrhage
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Meningoencephalitis
- Multiple hamartoma syndrome
- Obstruction of superior mediastinal veins
- Obstruction of jugular veins
- Status epilepticus
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Subdural haemorrhage
- Subdural hematoma
- Vasculitis
- Venous sinus thrombosis
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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