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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]: Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kalsang Dolma,MBBS

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Common Causes

Hydrocephalus

Cerebral edema

Intracranial bleeding

Brain tumor

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Meningitis

Choroid plexus neoplasm

Hypertension

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Hypertension, Hypertensive encephalopathy, Hypertensive retinopathy
Chemical / poisoning Methanol, Ethylene glycol
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Cisplatin, Corticosteroid, Growth hormone treatment, Insulin-like growth factor 1, Interleukin 11, Isotretinoin, Lithium, Minocycline, Tetracycline
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Cushing's disease, Diabetic retinopathy, Thyroid opthalmopathy
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Acute liver failure
Genetic Camurati - Engelmann disease, Crouzon syndrome, Fabry's Disease, Tuberous sclerosis, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Hematologic Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Brucellosis, Epidural abscess, Infective endocarditis, Meningitis, Meningoencephalitis, Paragonimiasis, Syphillis, Toxoplasmosis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho Paget's disease
Neurologic Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, Arachnoid cyst, Arnold chiari malformation, Brain Abscess, Brain cyst, Brown - symmers disease, Cerebellar abscess,

Cerebral abscess, Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, Dandy-Walker syndrome, Epidural hematoma, Foster kennedy syndrome, Intracranial bleeding Medulloblastoma, Myoclonic epilepsy, Parinaud's syndrome, Subarachnoid hemmorhage, Subdural empyema, Subdural hematoma, Hydrocephalus, Cerebral edema, Gullian-Barre syndrome

Nutritional / Metabolic Nutritional optic neuropathy
Obstetric/Gynecologic Eclampsia
Oncologic Adult low grade infiltrative suoratentorial astrocytoma, Brain Stem Gliomas, Brain tumor, Chondroma, Choroid plexus neoplasm, Malignant Astrocytomas, Neuroectodermal tumor primitive, Osteoma, Tumor lysis syndrome, Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Opthalmologic Amaurosis fugax, Chorioretinitis, Glaucoma, Neuropapillitis, Optic disc drusen, Optic disc vasculitis, Optic neuritis, Orbital lesion, Orbital optic nerve tumors, Papillitis, Scleritis, Age related macular degeneration, Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, Central retinal vein occlusion, Optic neuropathy
Overdose / Toxicity Arsenicals, Carbon monoxide toxity, Ethylene glycol
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary Hypercapnia, Obesity hypoventilation syndrome, Respiratory acidosis
Renal / Electrolyte Acid Base Imbalance, Hypocalcemic tetany
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Sarcoidosis, Sympathetic ophthalmia, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Head trauma
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, POEMS syndrome, Deafness- peripheral- neuropathy- arterial disease

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