PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI - CLINICAL PROFILE AND VISUAL OUTCOME IN 63 PATIENTS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 55  (9) , 541-546
Abstract
Few current reports in the ophthalmic literature address the visual prognosis in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. The visual status of 63 patients with pseudotumor cerebri, seen from 1961-1978, was retrospectively analyzed. The median interval between 1st examination and response to a questionnaire was 61/4 yr. Seven patients (11%) had 6/9 (20/30) or worse visual acuity at last ocular examination. Visual loss was not statistically related to the presence of visual obscurations, the duration of symptoms, the degree of papilledema or the number of recurrences. Surgical intervention may have prevented further deterioration of vision in several patients, but therapeutic efficacy could not be determined in this study. No patient with visual loss had substantial improvement, regardless of type of treatment.

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