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SUBMITTER: Sinnott JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965109 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sinnott Joseph R JR Mohebbi Mohammad R MR Koboldt Timothy T
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 20180314 2
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to diagnose papilledema, a sign of increased intracranial pressure, through optic disc elevation as well as optic nerve sheath diameter measurements. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome resulting in increased intracranial pressure. We present a case of IIH where the emergency physician diagnosed papilledema by POCUS via presence of both optic disc elevation and a widened optic nerve sheath diameter. ...[more]