Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a seldom seen entity characterized by signs and symptoms associated with the intracranial hypertension (IH) without obvious causes. Some medical disorders and exogenous agents have been implicated in the development of PTC. Danazol is a popular gonadotropin inhibitor used for the treatment of endometriosis, breast disease and hereditary angioedema. While PTC has bee...

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Sinus pericranii (SP) is an uncommon vascular pathology that is characterized by a nodular structure emerging from the scalp. It is generally asymptomatic. Typically, it is aclose to soft, compressive, fluctuant swelling, intracranial sinus. The swelling increases during the Valsalva maneuver, jugular vein compression, coughing, or crying attacks. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT, MRI, and MR ...

Cerebral ventricle size was measured in one hundred normal people, age 10 to 50 years. The measurements were obtained from computed tomographic (CT) scan examinations, using the Huckman (1975) method. Normal ventricles were significantly bigger at age 45 than at age 15. These normals were compared to groups of patients with pseudotumor cerebri, water intoxication and cerebral edema, and cerebra...

Objective: Hypothyroidism has many causes and manifestations in children. One of the is autoimmunity, which known as autoimmune thyroiditis or Hashimoto thyroiditis. Pseudotumor cerebri a rare manifestation Here we report 10-year-old girl with asymptomatic papillary edema who was treated levothyroxine acetazolamide. Case Presentation: A suffered from left eye trauma while playing volleyball wen...