Benign intracranial hypertension. History, clinical features and treatment in a series of 41 patients
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Rodríguez de Rivera, Francisco Javier; Martínez Sánchez, Patricia; Ojeda-Ruiz de Luna, Joaquín; Arpa-Gutiérrez, Francisco Javier; Barreiro-Tella, PabloFecha
2003-11-01Resumen
Introduction: Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) is a syndrome characterized by the abnormal elevation of the intracranial pressure with a normal composition of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in absence of ventriculomegaly or some intracranial expansive lesion.
Aim: The present work seeks, by means of the analysis of diagnosed BIH patients to evaluate its epidemic, clinical and therapeutic features.
Patients and methods: 87 histories from intracranial hypertension diagnosed patients with normal cerebral CT were reviewed, between 1999 and 2002. 41 BIH patients were selected.
Results: The reached results allow us to draw the following profile, a woman (> 70%) of between 21 and 30 years (29%), smoker, obese (59%) with an recent increase of weight (37%) that consults after spending more than three months with headache (89%), alterations of the visual acuity (> 50%) and nauseas with some vomiting (> 40%). In the exploration, it presents with bilateral papilledema (100%), a C...
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Acetazolamide. Benign intracranial hypertension. Cerebral pseudotumour. Headache. Lumboperitoneal shunt. Treatment. Visual acuity.