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Miscellanea
Optic disc drusen masquerading as papilloedema
  1. C Y Fong1,
  2. C Williams2,
  3. I K Pople3,
  4. P E Jardine1
  1. 1Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK
  3. 3Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philip E Jardine, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Level 6 UBHT Education Centre, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8AE, UK; philip.jardine{at}bristol.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.186122

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    Lumbar puncture showed an opening cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure of 23 cm H2O with no cells in CSF. MRI …

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    • Patient consent Parental consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.