Innominate vein stenosis causing raised intracranial pressure and blindness

Dorian deFreitas; Jamal Moss

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.04.004

Innominate vein stenosis causing raised intracranial pressure and blindness

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Jun 6;6(2):282-284. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.04.004. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

Dorian deFreitas¹, Jamal Moss²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, UNC Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC.
² UNC Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC.

Abstract

Central venous stenosis causing elevated intracranial pressure is a rare and potentially reversible cause of blindness in patients undergoing hemodialysis. We present the case of a 69-year-old man with progressive vision loss and raised intracranial pressure that was successfully treated with an innominate vein stent.

Keywords: AV fistula; Central venous stenosis; End-stage renal disease; Innominate vein stent; Pseudotumor cerebri.

Publication types

Case Reports