Increased intracranial pressure following bilateral neck dissection and radiotherapy

Aust N Z J Surg. 1991 Jun;61(6):459-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00263.x.

Abstract

A case of symptomatic raised intracranial pressure following staged bilateral radical neck dissection is reported. Cerebral computerized tomography was normal. It was considered that the raised intracranial pressure was the result of inadequate collateral venous drainage from the brain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Circulation
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neck Dissection / adverse effects*
  • Neck Dissection / methods
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / etiology*
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / complications
  • Time Factors
  • Veins / physiopathology