Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Multiple Sclerosis

Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 May:50:102829. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102829. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Abstract

Unexplained elevated intracranial pressure occasionally develops in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Visual symptoms and signs are common to both conditions. An awareness of this association is particularly relevant due to the increased incidence of headache in MS and the frequent overlap of symptoms and signs in both conditions.

MeSH terms

  • Headache / epidemiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / complications
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / epidemiology
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri* / complications
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri* / diagnosis
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri* / epidemiology