Ocular Perfusion in Patients With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Inclusion criteria for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

• Men and Women aged ≥ 18 years

• Signed informed consent

• Newly diagnosed idiopathic intracranial hypertension or relapse of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

• Non-Smokers

Inclusion criteria for healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects

• Men and Women aged ≥ 18 years

• Signed informed consent

• Normal ophthalmic findings, unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant

• Normal findings in the medical history, unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant

• Non-Smokers

Exclusion criteria for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension and healthy age- and sex-matched control subjects:

• Blood donation in the three weeks preceding the study

• Symptoms of a clinically relevant illness in the three weeks preceding the study

• Ocular inflammation or infection within the last 3 months

• History or family history of epilepsy

• Diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2

• History or known presence of other cerebral vascular diseases (e.g.: arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, major artery stenosis or occlusion)

• History or known presence of intracranial infections (e.g.: meningitis)

• History or known presence of other neurological diseases (e.g.: brain tumor, hydrocephalus, degenerative diseases)

• Patients receiving corticosteroids or immunosuppressant therapy

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women

• Women of childbearing potential (neither menopausal, nor hysterectomized, nor sterilized) not using effective contraception