| AOIVM | angiographically occult intracranial vascular malformation |
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| BIH | benign intracranial hypertension; Beth Israel Hospital |
| DELIRIUM | drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention of u... |
| HICH | hypertensive intracranial hemorrhage |
| IC | icteric, icterus; immune complex; immunoconjugate; immunocytochemistry; immunocytotoxicity; impedanc... |
| intracranial hypotension | Subnormal pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid. It is most commonly found after lumbar puncture and is associated with headache, nausea, vomiting, stiffness of the neck, and sometimes fever. It may also result from dehydration. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| intracranial mycotic aneurysm | <radiology> 3% of all intracranial aneurysms; multiple in 20%, source: subacute bacterial endocarditis (65%), acute bacterial endocarditis (9%), menigitis (9%), septic thrombophlebitis (9%), myxoma, location: peripheral to first bifurcation of major vessel (64%), often near the surface of brain (especially over convexities), Note: develops recurrent bleeding more frequently than congenital aneurysms See: mycotic aneurysm (12 Dec 1998) |
| intracranial part of optic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The portion of the optic nerve between the optic canal and the optic chiasm. Synonym: pars intracranialis nervi optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracranial part of vertebral artery | See: vertebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracranial pneumatocele | A collection of gas within the skull, in the brain, or in the meninges. Synonym: intracranial pneumocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracranial pneumocele | A collection of gas within the skull, in the brain, or in the meninges. Synonym: intracranial pneumocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracranial pressure | <physiology> The pressure the cerebrospinal fluid exerts on the brain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intracranial tuberculoma | <neurology> A well-circumscribed mass found cortically or subcortically in the cerebral or cerebellar hemispheres. In under-developed countries where tuberculosis is endemic these lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial tuberculomas includes antituberculosis chemotherapy and neurosurgical evacuation of tuberculomas singly or in combination. (04 Jul 2000) |