Papilledema: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to diagnose papilledema, a sign of increased intracranial pressure, through optic disc elevation as well as optic nerve sheath diameter measurements. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome resulting in increased intracranial pressure. We present a case of IIH where the emergency physician diagnosed papilledema by POCUS via presence of both optic disc elevation and a widened optic nerve sheath diameter.

SUBMITTER: Sinnott JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965109 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature