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The case is reported of a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension examined with magnetic resonance imaging. Marked enhancement of the optic nerve heads was found, which might be related to blood-retinal barrier breakdown related to a sudden rise in intracranial cerebrospinal fluid pressure.
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Manfré, L., Lagalla, R., Mangiameli, A. et al. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: orbital MRI. Neuroradiology 37, 459–461 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600093
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