[The clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria of benign intracranial hypertension in children]. / Klinicheskie osobennosti i kriterii diagnostiki dobrokachestvennoi vnutricherepnoi gipertenzii u detei.

Combined investigation of syndrome of nonmalignant intracranial hypertension (NIH) was performed in 87 children at the age of 3-15 years. The following diagnostic criteria were determined: nonmalignancy of clinical course; residual, mainly nonprogredient character of cerebral pathology; subcompensated hydrocephalus or macrocephalus in more than 50% of patients with small enlargement of head circumference and of the size of cerebral ventricles (according to the data of computed tomography and echoventriculometry); triad of clinical manifestations in the form of headache, alterations of vision, oculomotor disorders; a positive effect of dehydrative therapy.