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Pseudotumor Cerebri with Blindness. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Pseudotumor cerebri, or idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), is a syndrome of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) of unknown etiology that occurs predominantly in obese women of childbearing age. Pseudotumor cerebri literally means "false brain tumor".
Kwak M, Delk GT, Stead T, Ganti L.
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Pseudotumor Cerebri after Kidney Transplantation [PDF]
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2009 Background and Objectives: Pseudotumor cerebri is defined by the increase of intracranial pressure. It has different atiologies but, many of its causes are idiopathic and typically present on young obese females.
M. Akhavan Sepahi +3 more
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Graves' disease presenting as pseudotumor cerebri: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Pseudotumor cerebri is an entity characterized by elevated intracranial pressure with normal cerebrospinal fluid and no structural abnormalities detected on brain MRI scans.
Freitas Cláudia +3 more
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Prospective, Cross-Sectional Study Finds No Common Viruses in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Children with Pseudotumor Cerebri [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2023 Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) in children is a rare condition whose underlying cause remains largely unknown. No study has yet systematically examined viral infection as a cause of PTC.
Rony Cohen +7 more
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IgA Nephropathy in a Patient Presenting with Pseudotumor Cerebri [PDF]
Case Reports in Nephrology, 2016 IgA nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide and typically has minimal signs for chronicity in histopathology at the time of initial presentation.
Umair Syed Ahmed +3 more
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Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome causing a terson like syndrome [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: Terson syndrome presents with retinal and vitreous hemorrhages in patients with a subarachnoid hemorrhage or after acutely elevated intracranial pressure.
Joseph Raevis, Valerie I. Elmalem
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1978 SUMMARY:Pseudotumor cerebri is a clinical syndrome in which signs and, sometimes, symptoms of raised intracranial pressure are present hut in which mental and neurological function are unaffected. Therefore, the diagnosis is reached after mass and other structural causes of raised pressure have been excluded.Many causes of pseudotumour have been ...
Moffat, F.L
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Pseudotumor cerebri with status epilepticus in a child: A rare presentation of vitamin D deficiency [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) encompasses a constellation of symptoms caused by elevated intracranial pressure of unclear etiology. Various associations have been described, rarely hypovitaminosis D.
Soumya Pahari +4 more
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A rare case of pseudotumor cerebri in adult Lyme disease [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 It is important to recognize the rare manifestations of chronic Lyme disease to prevent permanent disabilities. We present an adult case of chronic Lyme disease, who developed pseudotumor cerebri and who needed supplementary surgical treatment.
Louise Nørreslet Gimsing +1 more
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Bariatric surgery and its impact on pseudotumor cerebri: A case report
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018 Purpose: Pseudotumor cerebri is a debilitating condition that causes severe headaches and progressive visual field loss. In this report, we present a patient with Class III obesity, with pseudotumor cerebri who failed medical management and attempted ...
Norberto Mancera +2 more
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