- 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
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![[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
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