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Pseudo Tumor Cerebri

My daughter is 21 and she has PTC. They have started medication and did surgery on the eye called optic nerve fenestration and now one week after the surgery her grew worse and she now has a masular fold. They did spinal tap to relieve pressure yestersay and the pressure is down to 50 from 55 because the eye surgery. She was pregant when this all began and she had miscarriage. They are talking about shunt now.
How many people lose their eye site and is the shunt something that will be permanant.
Thanks for info.
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i was diagnosed with ptc 3 1/2 years ago, although i have had some visual problems, i have not had optic nerve surgery but i have had lumbar-peritoneal shunt witch was revised after 3 months and then worked fine for 2 1/2 years    recently under went another shunt revision    and yes the shunt is perminent and as long as it is functioning properly everything is much improved
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Hi,
The frequency of vision loss is reportedly highly variable. However, some kind of visual loss may be seen in at least 25%  of patients up to more than 90% of the patients. Reduction of intracranial pressure should be the priority in all these patients and all medical and surgical treatment approaches should be followed. The shunt is likely to be in for a long time in such cases.  
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