Is "benign intracranial hypertension" really benign?

Is "benign intracranial hypertension" really benign?

Hypothalamic-hypophyseal insufficiency has been found in seven of eight patients with so-called benign intracranial hypertension, of whom four showed an inadequate adrenal response to stress. The syndrome of benign intracranial hypertension cannot therefore be considered entirely benign and patients should receive full endocrinological assessment and follow up.

Benign Intracranial Hypertension

Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...

Myeloma and benign intracranial hypertension.

Benign intracranial hypertension is uncommon, with a prevalence of 0 9 per 100 000 and a noticeable female predominance (8:1). Several associations have been reported including with proliferative haematological disease such as polycythaemia rubra vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. In a series of 29 men with benign intracranial hypertension an empty sella...

Benign Post-traumatic Intracranial Hypertension.

Benign intracranial hypertension following vitamin A megadose.

A six-month old boy from Ragama was admitted with vomiting and a bulging anterior fontanelle for three days. Symptoms started one day after receiving a vitamin A megadose. The child was on food containing carrots, but had no carotenaemia. He had no papilloedema. He had no vomiting after admission to hospital, and the fontanelle settled within 24 hours. Ultrasound scan (USS) of the brain was nor...