Lumbar puncture rapidly improves olfaction in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A cohort study.
Nils J BeckerSören EngeKatharina Maria KreutzFelix SchmidtLutz HarmsEdzard WienerJan HoffmannGolo KronenbergHagen KuntePublished in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2020)
Olfactory impairment is an important, yet underappreciated, clinical feature of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Lowering of increased intracranial pressure improves hyposmia. Our findings shed new light on the pathophysiology of cerebrospinal fluid circulation in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.