What Is Papilledema?
3. Underlying Causes
There are many conditions that can cause the intracranial pressure to rise and thereby lead to papilledema. These include cerebral hemorrhage, intracerebral mass lesions, meningitis, spinal cord lesions, impaired cerebral sinus drainage, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, abscess in the brain, brain inflammation, and head trauma.
Abnormalities in the cranium such as hydrocephalus can also lead to increased intracranial pressure, and papilledema.
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