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Pseudotumor cerebri is a condition that produces symptoms and signs of brain tumor; the increased intracranial pressure is caused by diffuse cerebral edema. The authors describe a case of 12 years boy, with adrenal hyperplasia, treated by DOCA, presenting recurrent episodes of hyponatremia, headache, nausea and papilledema, cured definitively after correction of natremia and after institution 9-alpha-fluorohydrocortisone therapy.
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PMID:[Recurrent iatrogenic benign intracranial hypertension in a case of congenital adrenogenital syndrome with loss of salts]. 326 26

Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) is a syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure (IIP) without focal signs of neurological dysfunction. The diagnosis is essentially made by exclusion of various causes of IIP. The classic presenting symptoms of BIH are headache and/or visual disturbances. Otologic manifestations of this syndrome have not been described in detail. In this thesis, 20 BIH patients with associated otologic symptoms were thoroughly studied over a 5-year period. The author concludes that 1. objective pulsatile tinnitus and low frequency hearing loss can be the major or only manifestation of this syndrome; 2. diagnosis is established by lumbar puncture and elimination of other causes of IIP; 3. medical management is very effective with surgery reserved for patients with deteriorating vision or with disabling tinnitus.
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PMID:Otologic manifestations of benign intracranial hypertension syndrome: diagnosis and management. 330 75

Tolosa-Hunt-syndrome and pseudotumor cerebri are rare syndromes accompanied by headache and ophthalmological disturbances. Pseudotumor cerebri has to be differentiated against optic nerve lesions with bilateral edema. Tolosa-Hunt-syndrome must be delimited from other painful disorders of eye motility.
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PMID:[Eye and headache. Ophthalmologic findings in pseudotumor cerebri and Tolosa-Hunt syndrome]. 363 Jan 82

Hodgkin's disease involving contiguous areas of the skull, overlying soft tissue, and extending to the underlying epidural space, developed in a 29-year-old woman with a 3-year history of pseudotumor cerebri. The patient had been on varying doses of steroids since shortly after the development of headaches and papilledema in 1981. In 1984, following radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease, the tumor and headaches resolved. Pseudotumor cerebri antedating Hodgkin's disease has not been previously reported. The pseudotumor cerebri may have been an early manifestation of Hodgkin's disease in an unusual location.
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PMID:Primary Hodgkin's disease of the skull following a 3-year history of pseudotumor cerebri. 371 24

Pseudotumor cerebri or benign intracranial hypertension is a syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure without focal signs of neurologic dysfunction. The clinical manifestations of this syndrome are usually headache and/or disturbance of vision. Although tinnitus, hearing loss, and vertigo have been described in association with intracranial hypertension, otologic symptomatology as the presenting manifestation of this syndrome has not been previously reported. In this article we report the otologic symptoms and findings of two pseudotumor cerebri patients, one of whom presented with pulsatile tinnitus. The pathogenesis of the otologic symptoms, diagnostic workup, and management of these patients are discussed.
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PMID:Otologic symptoms and findings of the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome: a preliminary report. 392 38

Benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), a syndrome common to a number of disorders, is characterized by headaches and blurred vision. The patient is alert and has papilledema without localizing signs. Air studies show normal ventricles under increased pressure. The authors describe 61 consecutive cases of this pseudotumour, 48 of which were in fat young women, and propose that this group represents a clinical entity that has hitherto received little attention.In these 61 patients, 40 complete-exchange pneumoencephalograms showed normal ventricles, normal fluid volume and prominent cortical sulci. In 32, subtemporal decompression resulted in prompt and lasting relief. Three patients had late convulsive seizures after surgery. Seven patients had nasal quadrantanopsias, the implications of which are discussed. The authors believe that the high intracranial pressure in this condition is due to cerebral hyperemia, not brain edema. Further investigation will perhaps demonstrate a relationship between obesity, vascular dilatation and increased intracranial pressure.
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PMID:Benign intracranial hypertension with particular reference to its occurrence in fat young women. 529 76

Benign intracranial hypertension occurred in four young women taking tetracycline for acne; two were also taking vitamin A. In a fifth case a 14-year-old boy developed papilloedema after taking a short course of tetracycline for bronchitis. All symptoms disappeared soon after stopping the drugs, though in two cases the papilloedema persisted for many months. Benign intracranial hypertension should be sought in any young woman complaining of headache during treatment with tetracycline. Moreover, young women given vitamin A and tetracycline in combination for acne may be at special risk and should be kept under surveillance.
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PMID:Tetracycline and benign intracranial hypertension: report of five cases. 644 76

Benign intracranial hypertension is caused by defective cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption which may sometimes be secondary to partial superior sagittal sinus obstruction. It may appear in obese young women for obscure hormonal reasons or may be a reaction to head injury, infections or certain medications. It commonly presents with headache and papilloedema, sometimes with associated ocular palsies. Conservative management comprises repeated lumbar puncture, salt and fluid restriction and the use of diuretics or steroids. Surgical treatment such as CSF shunting procedures, optic nerve decompression or subtemporal decompression may become necessary. The results of treatment have not been subjected to adequate evaluation, but the patient usually recovers well, although some 10% suffer severe visual impairment and 10% are subject to recurrence.
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PMID:Benign intracranial hypertension. 663 14

Benign intracranial hypertension is a condition of obscure aetiology which presents with episodic headaches and nausea. It is a diagnosis based on the exclusion of other intracranial pathology and computed tomography is usually normal. We present a case of gliomatosis cerebri which was initially diagnosed and treated as benign intracranial hypertension.
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PMID:Gliomatosis cerebri or benign intracranial hypertension? 764 8

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH, pseudotumor cerebri) was diagnosed in 4 patients who had been treated with tetracycline. The main symptom was headache, and in all there was papilledema. Symptoms and signs improved after tetracycline was discontinued and acetazolamide treatment started. When a patient receiving tetracycline develops IIH, the medication should be stopped as it may be the cause of the IIH, as appeared to be the case in our 4 patients.
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PMID:[Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and tetracycline]. 795 95


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