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    Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Prospective Study of 25 Patients )
    (2001-01) Ananth, Vishwanathan; Sirwal, Irshad Ahmad; Banoo, Tahira
    From January 1996 to January 2000, twenty-five patients were diagnosed to have idiopathic intracranial hypertension at our institution. Twenty-three were females and two were males with age range of 13-43 years. Main presenting features were headache (100%), vomiting (44%), blurred vision (36%), diplopia (28%), neck pain (12%), and transient visual obscuration (12%). Duration of symptoms before diagnosis ranged from one week to 8 months. Nine patients had cranial nerve involvement. Seventeen patients were obese, 3 were using oral contraceptives and one patient had . taken tetracycline for 4 months for acne and other was taking Vit. A 50,000 units twice daily for 9 months. All patients had papilloedema. CT and MRI brain were done in all to exclude intracranial pathology. Patients were followed up every two to three months. At five years follow up, 19 were symptom-free with normal vision and 6 had residual visual deficit. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension once diagnosed necessitates regular follow-up to avoid permanent visual loss.