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Optic nerve sheath fenestration for intracranial hypertension associated with chronic inflammatory demyelinating
Shery Thomas1, Jennifer Tan, Mark Lawden
1Department of Ophthalmology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, U.K. sherythomas@yahoo.co.uk
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|July 22, 2004
Abstract:
The authors report a case of papilledema in a 61-year-old woman with chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy. The cerebrospinal fluid protein level was elevated (2.68 to 4.51 g/L), as was the cerebro-spinal fluid opening pressure (27 to 40 cm H2O). A unilateral optic nerve sheath fenestration proved to be effective in preserving vision, and the papilledema resolved completely.
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