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Common causes of papilloedema

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The common causes of papilloedema include:

  • raised intracranial pressure:

  • space-occupying lesions:
    • tumours, primary and secondary
    • abscesses
    • haematoma

  • hydrocephalus:
    • any space-occupying lesion
    • subarachnoid haemorrhage
    • meningitis
    • head injury

  • venous sinus thrombosis
  • benign intracranial hypertension

  • malignant hypertension

  • central retinal vein occlusion

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