In two patients opticociliary venous shunts occurred in association with pseudotumor cerebri. One patient underwent bilateral optic nerve sheath fenestrations, after which her papilledema resolved, and the opticociliary venous shunts were noted to be markedly decreased in caliber.
J C Perlmutter, T G Klingele, W M Hart, R M Burde. Disappearing opticociliary shunt vessels and pseudotumor cerebri. American journal of ophthalmology. 1980 May;89(5):703-7
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