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Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1685.

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IN THEIR ARTICLE on papilledema and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Purvin et al¹ illustrated another important finding to add to the cluster of symptoms known as "pseudotumor cerebri." When this condition was first described by Quincke² in 1897, pseudotumor cerebri (named in 1904 by Nönne³) was a condition of unknown cause with clinical findings including papilledema, normal spinal fluid contents, and high spinal fluid pressure. Subsequently, arteriography and pneumoencephalography were developed, and these procedures were performed to rule out tumor and hydrocephalus. While it was known that venous sinus occlusion also could cause increased intracranial pressure with normal spinal fluid contents, angiography was performed to look only at the arterial elements and for evidence of tumor within the intracranial space, not to examine the venous sinuses. Since the middle 1970s, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetic resonance venography have been used to exclude tumor, hydrocephalus, and venous sinus . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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