[Ocular signs of increased intracranial pressure]

Ocular signs developing as a result of increased intracranial pressure help the early diagnosis and prevention of severe and progressive pathological processes. Functional signs of the forming papillary oedema and central eye movement disorders may be predictors of increasing intracranial pressure. The functional tests of the antechiasmal optic nerve (i.e. the measurement of the visual field, fluorescein angiography of the retinal vessels, optic coherent tomography, ultrasound examinations of the carotid or vertebral arteries, and state-of-the-art neuroradiological methods) may provide help in determining the progression/remission of the increasing intracranial pressure and the efficacy of the treatment, and in differential diagnosis, as well. Adequate systemic therapy in time allows preventing irreversible incomplete or complete blindness, accompanied by the atrophy of the optic nerve, which is caused by increased intracranial pressure.