%0 Case Reports
%T Telemetric monitoring in idiopathic intracranial hypertension demonstrates intracranial pressure in a case with sight-threatening disease.
%A Mitchell JL
%A Mollan SP
%A Tsermoulas G
%A Sinclair AJ
%J Acta Neurochir (Wien)
%V 163
%N 3
%D 03 2021
%M 33411042
%F 2.816
%R 10.1007/s00701-020-04640-y
%X The understanding of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is increasing with the directed use of intracranial telemetric ICP monitors. This case uniquely observed ICP changes by telemetric monitoring in a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), who developed rapid sight-threatening disease. A lumbar drain was inserted, as a temporising measure, and was clamped prior to surgery. This resulted in a rapid rise in ICP, which normalised after insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. This case highlighted the utility of the ICP monitor and the lumbar drain as a temporising measure to control ICP prior to a definitive procedure as recommended by the IIH consensus guidelines.