Bodkin Peter Alwyn, Hassan Md Faizul, Kane Philip John, Brady Nick, Whittle Ian Roger
Department of Neurosurgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
J R Soc Med. 2008 May;101(5):259-61. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.070386.
Benign intracranial hypertension is a clinical diagnosis linked to a number of medical and surgical disorders. A common aetiology has not yet been established. It would seem, however, that many, if not all, of these cases can be related to some degree of cerebral venous outflow obstruction. We present here a series of patients with extraluminal compression of the cerebral venous sinuses that has been amenable to surgical resection. These 'surgical' causes of BIH illustrate an important subset of the disease and inform us about the possible pathophysiological principles underlying the disorder.
良性颅内高压是一种与多种内科和外科疾病相关的临床诊断。尚未确定其常见病因。然而,似乎这些病例中的许多(即便不是全部)在某种程度上都与脑静脉流出道梗阻有关。我们在此展示一系列因脑静脉窦腔外受压而适合手术切除的患者。这些导致良性颅内高压的“手术”病因说明了该疾病的一个重要子集,并为我们提供了有关该病症潜在病理生理机制的信息。