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Table 3 Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), optic nerve diameter (OND), and optic disc elevation (ODE) values in patients with intracranial hypertension (IH) and in controls. None of the controls had papilledema (i.e. ODE = 0 mm)

From: Feasibility and usefulness of ultrasonography in idiopathic intracranial hypertension or secondary intracranial hypertension

 

IH Patients N = 21

Controls N = 21

p-value

Mean ONSD (mm)

6.5 ± 0.67

5.73 ± 0.66

<0.0001

 Right ONSD (mm)

6.5 ± 0.65

5.7 ± 0.7

 Left ONSD (mm)

6.4 ± 0.69

5.8 ± 0.7

Mean OND (mm)

2.99 ± 0.26

2.93 ± 0.41

0.574

 Right OND (mm)

2.99 ± 0.27

3.02 ± 0.35

 Left OND (mm)

2.99 ± 0.24

2.98 ± 0.34

Mean ODE (mm)

 Right ODE (mm)

0.8 ± 0.43

  

 Left ODE (mm)

0.8 ± 0.38

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BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

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