Aetiology
Those in whom a direct causal link between venous outflow obstruction and CSF absorption is demonstrable:
- sagittal sinus thrombosis
- lateral sinus thrombosis usually secondary to mastoiditis
- intrathoracic mass lesion
- congestive cardiac failure
- following neck surgery
Idiopathic:
minor head trauma
endocrine disturbance:
- Addison's disease
- pregnancy
- menarche & menstrual irregularities
- Cushing's syndrome
- hypothyroidism
- hypoparathyroidism
- haematological:
- polycythaemia vera
- iron deficiency anaemia
- infectious mononucleosis
- drugs:
- antibiotics such as tetracyclines, nalixidic acid or nitrofurantoin
- oral contraceptives
- steroid withdrawal
- dietary:
- obesity
- excess or deficiency of vitamin A
- miscellaneous:
- Sydenham's chorea
- roseola infantum
Reference
- Wall M. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurol Clin. 2010 Aug;28(3):593-617.
Related pages
- Obesity
- Lateral sinus thrombosis
- Sagittal sinus thrombosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Head trauma
- Addison's disease
- Pregnancy
- Cushing's syndrome
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Tetracyclines
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA)
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Corticosteroid withdrawal
- Oral contraceptive pill
- Vitamin A toxicity
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Sydenham's chorea
- Roseola infantum
- Mesalazine and intracranial hypertension
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