September 10, 2024Child s Nervous SystemOpen Access

Elevated systemic venous pressures as a possible pathology in prepubertal pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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CRCasper Schwartz RiedelHvidovre Hospital NNNicolas Hernandez NøragerRigshospitalet MBMaria BertelsenAarhus University

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Observational cohort study demonstrates elevated systemic venous pressure in prepubertal children with intracranial hypertension, indicating a potential vascular etiology in young pediatric cases.

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Systemic venous pressure is elevated across prepubertal children presenting with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, pointing to a shared underlying vascular mechanism.
Superior sagittal sinus pressure averaged 18.9 mmHg, while nighttime intracranial pressure reached an average of 17.2 mmHg across the evaluated pediatric cohort.
Observational cohort study using endovascular venography showed papilledema in only three of eleven children, highlighting the necessity of pediatric-specific diagnostic criteria.

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Riedel et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e58de3b6db6435875299a5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-024-06594-3

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Observational cohort study demonstrates elevated systemic venous pressure in prepubertal children with intracranial hypertension, indicating a potential vascular etiology in young pediatric cases.

Elevated systemic venous pressures as a possible pathology in prepubertal pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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Elevated systemic venous pressures as a possible pathology in prepubertal pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension

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