| Symptoms of PTC |
| * Headache * Dizziness * Nausea * Vomiting * Double vision * Vision loss * Fatigue * Neck and Back pain * Pulsating noises in head- (tinnitus) sometimes a whoosing or a feeling of your "pulse" in your head or ears * Eye pain ( when you move quickly back and forth) * Shoulder pain * Depression * Facial Twitches * Darkening or blurry vision when bending over * Pupils of unequal size |
| Findings from an opthamologist that may lead you to further tests including but not limited to a lumbar puncture (spinal tap): * Papilledema * Lack of spontaneous venus pulsations ( SVP) * Drusen |
| Findings from Laboratory or Radiology * Normal MRI/CT with the exception of possibly smaller ventricles ( this is normal with PTC) * Elevated opening pressure of lumbar puncture above 180mm * Elevated levels of Anti-cardiolipin in blood * Elevated levels of Anti-phospholipid in blood |