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Papilledema

Jade S. Schiffman, MD · Rosa A. Tang. MD, MPH

A 26-year-old woman who is 2 weeks' postpartum presents with severe rapidly worsening headaches over 1 week and transient obscurations of vision in both eyes upon standing. She notes horizontal diplopia when looking in the distance. Upon examination, she has massive bilateral disc edema. The magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain shows which of the following:

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1. Hydrocephalus
2. Empty sella
3. Venous thrombosis
4. Brain abscess
5. Meningitis

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