A 28-year-old obese woman (BMI 34 kg/m²) presents with a 3-month history of daily pulsatile headaches worse in the mornings and transient visual obscurations on bending. Fundoscopy reveals the findings marked **A** in the diagram — bilateral swollen hyperemic discs with blurred margins and venous engorgement. MRI brain and MR venography are normal. Lumbar puncture in lateral decubitus shows opening pressure of 32 cm H₂O with normal CSF composition. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
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