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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Headache. 2009 Feb;49(2):185–193. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01324.x

Table 2.

Symptoms and Signs at Presentation of Patients With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension With (IIHWP) and Without Papilledema (IIHWOP)

Symptom/sign IIHWOP (n = 20) (%) IIHWP (n = 20) (%) P value
Headache 19 (95) 19 (95) 1.000
Transient visual obscurations 5 (25) 11 (55) .109
Visual loss (decreased vision, blurry vision) 5 (25) 8 (40) .257
Tinnitus 7 (35) 10 (50) .366
Photopsias 4 (20) 0 (0) .046
Diplopia 4 (20) 9 (45) .166
No symptoms 0 (0) 1 (5) .317
Sixth nerve palsy 1 (5) 6 (30) .059
Spontaneous venous pulsations† 12 (75) 0 (0) .025
†

Data regarding spontaneous venous pulsations were only available for 16 IIHWOP patients and 9 IIHWP patients.