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help a worried mother
by mar11, Oct 26, 2007 06:21PM
Can you explain the difference between bilateral pseudo papilledema and real papilledema? What diagnostic tests or exams should be done as good future vigilance? What questions should I ask my daughter's opthamologist?
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Pseudo- (false) papilledema is usually not serious except for it being difficult to distinguish from the real thing. False swelling can be due to optic nerve drusen, low pressure in the eye, large amounts of farsightedness and anomolies of the optic nerve.
Use Google images and search papilledema to see a picture of it.
JCH III MD