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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, Michel M. Murr, Mitchell Drucker   +2 more
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Graves' disease presenting as pseudotumor cerebri: a case report

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, Silva Ana M, Coutinho Ester, Santos Ernestina   +3 more
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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, M. Fallahzade, M. Sharifian, A. Shajari   +3 more
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IgA Nephropathy in a Patient Presenting with Pseudotumor Cerebri

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, Patrick Bacaj, Hafiz Imran Iqbal, Songul Onder   +3 more
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Minocycline-Associated Pseudotumor Cerebri with Severe Papilledema

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009
Background. Pseudotumor cerebri is an acknowledged but unusual complication of oral minocycline use. Vision loss and papilledema have been described as mild and transient, and some authors suggest that treatment is not needed. Methods.
Simon R. Bababeygy, Michael X. Repka, Prem S. Subramanian   +2 more
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Neuro-Behçet, pseudotumor cerebri and ocular signs: a rare association []

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2013
[english] Introduction: The central nervous system involvement in Behçet’s disease occurs in 5–30% of cases. The diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri is even rarer (only 22 cases reported worldwide).
Reis Ferreira, Cidalina, Geraldo Couceiro, Ana, Loureiro, Cláudia, Rodrigues, Maria Inês, Monteiro-Grillo, Manuel   +4 more
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Pseudotumor cerebri presenting with visual failure in promyelocytic leukemia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Pseudotumor cerebri secondary to all-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia is a reported but rare complication of the therapy. Most cases improve following the discontinuation of all-trans retinoic acid.
Rasul Fahid T, Toma Ahmed K, Khan Akbar A, Plant Gordon T, Watkins Laurence D   +4 more
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Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in a pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematous

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018
Systemic lupus erythematous is a chronic multi-systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems, including the central nervous system. Pseudotumor cerebri is a disorder associated with increased intracranial pressure in the absence of a ...
Mauricio Restrepo, Lilliana María Giraldo, Luisa Fernanda Montoya, Adriana Lucía Vanegas, Carlos Horacio Muñoz, Gloria María Vásquez, Luis Alonso González   +6 more
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Pseudotumor cerebral secundário a trombose venosa dural: relato de caso pediátrico Pseudotumor cerebri secondary to dural sinus thrombosis: pediatric case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2005
O pseudotumor cerebral é uma síndrome neurológica relativamente comum na adolescência. Na maioria dos casos, a etiologia é idiopática, mas pode haver complicações graves, como cegueira, relacionadas com a hipertensão intracraniana.
Adriana Rocha Brito, Marcio M. Vasconcelos, Romeu Cortes Domingues, Lívia Esteves, Maria Cecília Domingues de Olivaes, L. Celso H. Cruz Jr, Gesmar V. Haddad Herdy   +6 more
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Previously diagnosed leber's hereditary optic neuropathy with clinical signs of idiopathic intracranial hypertension responsive to acetazolamide therapy

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2019
Purpose: To present a case of suspected Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) with MRI and OCT findings compatible with pseudotumor cerebri responsive to acetazolamide therapy.
Hamid Sajjadi, Hossein Poorsalman
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