Barbara Dolaszynska
Ophthalmology trainee in North East of England
Biography
Dr Dolaszynska is an Ophthalmology trainee in North East of England . She has got special interest in medical and surgical education in which she presented several projects before in those topics.Dr Eltayeb is a surgical trainee in Newcastle Upon Tyne with interest in neurosciences and surgical education.
Abstract
Pappilloedema is a common condition often addressed by ophthalmology and neurology/neurosurgery departments. All patients with papilloedema should be suspected of harbouring an intracranial mass. Usually presentation of this condition has specific picture
Etiological factors such as metastatic tumours, hydrocephalus, brain bases are useful to know about as they guide us to immediate, specific treatment. However, majority of the cases are widely named - “idiopathic”.
Series of investigations of different varieties may aid us with diagnosis but management has been always and still a controversial dillemma.
In this poster, we are presenting few not fully understood cases of papilloedema which presentation might be challenging for departments involved as well as the management in which might be exhaustive for both clinicians and patients.
Hereby we adopted an approach in order to summarise the investigation- pathway- and treatment of papilloedema in our practice in the trust and hoefully to highlight this and add to literature pool.