Cerebral Pseudotumor or Intracranial Hypertension of Unknown Cause

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Abstract
INCREASED intracranial pressure as measured by spinal puncture or ventricular tap may be the result of any one of several conditions. The more common causes are excessive secretion of the choroid, obstruction secondary to congenital defects, neoplasm or inflammation and deficient function of the spinal-fluid-absorptive mechanism. Masses within the cranium, such as abscess, neoplasm and the hematomas, subdural, extradural and intracortical, also result in intracranial increased tension. Tension may be raised by brain edema secondary to trauma, thrombosis of durai sinuses, hypertensive states and brain-stem compression due to herniation of the temporal cortex through the incisura of the tentorium. Finally, . . .

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