Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Revised diagnostic criteria for pseudotumor cerebri syndrome require three of four neuroimaging findings in the absence of papilledema. We examined the sensitivity and specificity of three or more of four of these magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings for pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in children.

Methods

As part of clinical care, patients in whom there was suspicion for pseudotumor cerebri syndrome underwent neurological and fundoscopic examinations, lumbar puncture, MRI, or magnetic resonance venogram. For this retrospective study, we used this information to classify 119 subjects into definite (n = 66) or probable pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (n = 12), elevated opening pressure without papilledema (n = 23), or controls who had normal opening pressure without

SUBMITTER: Kohli AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890473 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature