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June 1957, Vol 93, No. 6 >
Article | June 1957

Papilledema and Pseudotumor Cerebri Following Poliomyelitis FREE

H. HARVEY GASS, M.D.
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Submitted for publication Oct. 5, 1956; accepted Oct. 31.


AMA Am J Dis Child. 1957;93(6):640-646. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1957.02060040642007.
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Development of papilledema during the convalescent stage of poliomyelitis is a rare occurrence, and it is not generally recognized as a late complication of the disease. In 1951 Weiman, McDowell, and Plum1 reported five such cases developing among 106 cases of acute anterior poliomyelitis treated at New York Hospital in the years 1949 and 1950. In their report nine additional cases had been collected from the literature in which this complication appeared to have developed. The present report concerns the occurrence of this complication in two additional patients who suffered from poliomyelitis during the seasonal incidence of 1955 in Detroit and the gratifying prompt response of this complication to subtemporal decompression.

Report of Cases  Case 1.—A 12-year-old boy was admitted to Sinai Hospital, Detroit, on Oct. 2, 1954, complaining of headache, vomiting, and double vision during the previous week. Two months earlier, on July 27, 1954, after a considerable

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Brown, G. D., Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich., personal communication to the author.
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Yaskin, J. C.; Groff, R. A., and Shenkin, H. A.:  Severe Papilledema in Diffuse Infections of the Nervous System , Tr. Am. Neurol. A. 72: 27-41, 1956;.
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Bradshaw, P.:  Benign Intracranial Hypertension , J. Neurol. Neurosurg. & Psychiat. 19: 28-41, 1956;.
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Ayer, J. B., and Trevett, L. D.:  Acute Poliomyelitis with Choked Disks: Notes on Prolonged Observation of the Spinal Fluid and the Use of the Respirator , Arch. Neurol, & Psychiat. 31: 396-402, 1934;.
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Gardner, W. J.; Spitler, D. K., and Whitten, C.:  Increased Intracranial Pressure Caused by Increased Protein Content in the Cerebrospinal Fluid , New England J. Med. 250:932-936, 1954;.
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McConnell, A. A.:  On Certain Sequelae of Closed Head Injuries: The Pathological Basis of the "Post-Traumatic Syndrome ," Brain 76:473-484, 1953;.
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Voisin, J., and Bonduelle, M.:  Syndrome méningé à rechute avec stase papillaire importante au cours d'une poliomyélite antérieure aiguë , Rev. neurol. 79:39-40, 1947;.

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Weiman, C. G.; McDowell, F. H., and Plum, F.:  Papilledema in Poliomyelitis , A. M. A. Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 66:722-727, 1951;.
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Brown, G. D., Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich., personal communication to the author.
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Ray, B. S.; Dunbar, H. S., and Dotter, C. T.:  Symposium: Intracranial Vascular Abnormalities: Dural Sinus Venography as an Aid to Diagnosis in Intracranial Disease , J. Neurosurg. 8:23-37, 1951;.
4 +
Symonds, C.: Otitic Hydrocephalus, Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Neurology, St. Louis, April 28, 1956.
5 +
Jefferson, A.:  A Clinical Correlation Between Encephalopathy and Papilloedema in Addison's Disease , J. Neurol. Neurosurg. & Psychiat. 19: 21-27, 1956;.
6 +
Yaskin, J. C.; Groff, R. A., and Shenkin, H. A.:  Severe Papilledema in Diffuse Infections of the Nervous System , Tr. Am. Neurol. A. 72: 27-41, 1956;.
7 +
Bradshaw, P.:  Benign Intracranial Hypertension , J. Neurol. Neurosurg. & Psychiat. 19: 28-41, 1956;.
8 +
Zuidema, G. D., and Cohen, S. J.:  Pseudotumor Cerebri , J. Neurosurg. 11:433-441, 1954;.
9 +
Ayer, J. B., and Trevett, L. D.:  Acute Poliomyelitis with Choked Disks: Notes on Prolonged Observation of the Spinal Fluid and the Use of the Respirator , Arch. Neurol, & Psychiat. 31: 396-402, 1934;.
10 +
Gardner, W. J.; Spitler, D. K., and Whitten, C.:  Increased Intracranial Pressure Caused by Increased Protein Content in the Cerebrospinal Fluid , New England J. Med. 250:932-936, 1954;.
11 +
McConnell, A. A.:  On Certain Sequelae of Closed Head Injuries: The Pathological Basis of the "Post-Traumatic Syndrome ," Brain 76:473-484, 1953;.
12 +
Voisin, J., and Bonduelle, M.:  Syndrome méningé à rechute avec stase papillaire importante au cours d'une poliomyélite antérieure aiguë , Rev. neurol. 79:39-40, 1947;.

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