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ArticleNeurological research and practice2021

Optic disc drusen mimicking Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH): rely on ultrasound.

Eleni Bakola, Dimitrios Alonistiotis, Chryssa Arvaniti, Stavroula Salakou, Niki Nana, Aikaterini Foska, Vasiliki Kotsali-Peteinelli, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Georgios Tsivgoulis

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Article in Neurological research and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eleni BakolaSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios AlonistiotisSecond Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Chryssa ArvanitiSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Stavroula SalakouSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Niki NanaSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Aikaterini FoskaSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki Kotsali-PeteinelliSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos VoumvourakisSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
Georgios TsivgoulisSecond Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece. tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-3797
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optic nerve ultrasound is an established routine supplementary diagnostic tool for idiopathic intracranial pressure but it can also be helpful in avoiding misdiagnoses. We describe a case of an obese 15- year-old girl with persistent headaches, fundoscopic findings suggesting papilledema, normal brain imaging who underwent two lumbar punctures with unremarkable cerebrospinal fluid findings before ultrasound revealed optic disc drusen as the cause of the optic disc elevation.

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertensionOptic disc drusenPapilledemaTransorbital ultrasound

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PMID34120652
PMCPMC8201862
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