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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...

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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...

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