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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Seventh Nerve Palsy
Author(s) -
Capobianco David J.,
Brazis Paul W.,
Cheshire William P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3705286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paresis , facial weakness , fenestration , weakness , lower motor neuron , facial nerve , cranial nerve disease , palsy , surgery , eye disease , motor neuron , disease , pathology , alternative medicine
Patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension may occasionally present with coexisting lower motor neuron facial weakness. This study reviews a 6‐year experience at Mayo Clinic. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and facial paresis. Two cases were identified. Both fulfilled the modified Dandy's diagnostic criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Treatment consisted of steroids in one, and emergent optic nerve sheath fenestration in the other. The cranial nerve palsies resolved in both cases.