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MeSH Heading: Pseudotumor Cerebri
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.631.750
Unique ID: D011559
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011559
Annotation: note category: non-neopl
Scope Note: A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS).
Entry Term(s): Benign Intracranial Hypertension; Fulminant Intracranial Hypertension; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Intracranial Hypertension, Benign; Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic; Secondary Intracranial Hypertension
NLM Classification #: WL 203
Public MeSH Note: 1973
History Note: 1973(1964)
Date Introduced: 1973/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0017966
Scope Note: A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS).
Terms: Pseudotumor Cerebri Preferred Term
Term UI T034129
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Benign Intracranial Hypertension
Term UI T034127
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Term UI T034130
Date03/04/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Intracranial Hypertension, Benign
Term UI T034128
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic
Term UI T811851
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

Pseudotumor Cerebri MeSH Descriptor Data 2026