Rapid Recovery of Visual Acuity after Lumboperitoneal Shunt Operation in Malignant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Background. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can cause rapid deterioration of visual acuity in some severe cases, and these cases are usually thought to have “malignant” form of this disease. Case. In this paper, we report on a 16-year-old girl who is a typical example for malignant idiopathic i...

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Main Authors: Levent Sinan Bir, Eylem Degirmenci, Cagdas Erdogan, Selma Bilgin, Erdal Coşkun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/405838
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