Orbital phlebography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension and chronic tension-type headache

Acta Radiologica Short Reports
Jan HannerzGunnar Edman

Abstract

Pathologic signs in orbital phlebographies have been reported in various neurological diseases. To study if pathologic signs in orbital phlebography may be markers of inflammation primarily affecting intracranial capillaries, which would cause intracranial hypertension. Two groups with different intracranial cerebrospinal fluid pressures (Pcsf) were compared as to inflammatory markers in serum and pathologic signs in orbital phlebographies. Nine consecutive patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with bilateral papilledema and eight consecutive patients with chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) were investigated prospectively with fibrinogen, orosomucoid, haptoglobin in serum, and invasive orbital phlebograms. The angiograms were evaluated by two skilled neuroradiologists, independent of each other and without knowledge of the diagnoses or aim of the study, as to the following pathologic signs: (i) narrowing of superior ophthalmic veins; (ii) caliber changes of intraorbital veins; (iii) collaterals of intraorbital veins; (iv) flow to cavernous sinus; and (v) asymmetric drainage of cavernous sinus. Mean body mass index was >30 kg/m(2) in both groups. Pcsf was >200 < 250 mm H2O in 50% of the CTTH and >350 mm H2O ...Continue Reading

References

Feb 1, 1992·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J Hannerz
Dec 1, 1988·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J Hannerz
Mar 1, 1988·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J Hannerz
Sep 1, 1987·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J HannerzG Bergstrand
Sep 1, 1987·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J HannerzG Bergstrand
Sep 1, 1971·American Journal of Ophthalmology·B A Milstein, L B Morretin
Oct 1, 1993·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J Hannerz
Feb 11, 2000·Cephalalgia : an International Journal of Headache·J Hannerz
Feb 1, 1961·Medicine·R PATERSONS MANN
Aug 5, 2008·Journal of Neuroimmunology·Alexandra J SinclairSaaeha Rauz
Sep 8, 2010·Brain Research Reviews·Marin Bulat, Marijan Klarica
Sep 3, 2011·Journal of Internal Medicine·J HannerzF Piehl

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

CSF & Lymphatic System

This feed focuses on Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) and the lymphatic system. Discover the latest papers using imaging techniques to track CSF outflow into the lymphatic system in animal models.