Effects of acetazolamide on linear growth in children with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome

Brain Imaging in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) is an umbrella term used for the constellation of symptoms caused by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) without hydrocephalus, spaceoccupying lesion, or anomalies of brain parenchyma and with a normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition.1 PTCS has a reported incidence of 0.9 per 100,000 in the general population, but it rises to 19 per 100,000 in obese w...

[Pseudotumor cerebri in children with sickle cell disease].

Headache is a frequent symptom in sickle cell disease (SCD) that usually is attributable to anemia or cerebrovascular disease. We report 3 pediatric patients with SCD (1 patient with SCD-SC and 2 patients with SCD-SS) who presented with headache and were diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri (PC). All 3 patients had elevated opening pressures during a lumbar puncture with normal cerebrospinal flui...

Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

INTRODUCTION Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (PTCS) may complain of difficulty in thinking or concentrating; however there has been little formal cognitive evaluation in this population. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the characteristics and nature of cognitive impairment in patients with PTCS. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed records of 10 patients diagnosed with PTCS who were cogniti...

Pseudo-pseudotumor cerebri.

The changing picture of pseudotumor cerebri in children.

Among 38 children with pseudotumor cerebri only 3 cases were due to ear disease or its complications. The commonest cause was a refeeding syndrome either due to nutritional deprivation or as an early finding in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. It is uncommon to find the cause of pseudotumor in older children but in those under 6 years the cause was found in 85%. Because of the adverse effects ...