- swelling of the optic disc caused by ==increased intracranial pressure== - often bilateral - vision is *preserved* - may have headache or nausea from increased ICP or diplopia - blurred, elecated disc margins, absent / decreased venous pulsations ![[Pasted image 20240328191807.png]] ![[Pasted image 20240328192523.png| another example of papilloedema. note the blurred disk margins, exudates, and haemorrhages]] **associated conditions:** - [[Cerebral venous thrombosis|CVST]] - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension -