Severe ocular damage secondary to a pseudotumor cerebri
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Pseudotumor cerebri secondary to minocycline intake.
BACKGROUND Pseudotumor cerebri, or idiopathic intracranial hypertension, is a condition most commonly affecting women of childbearing age who are obese or who have experienced recent weight gain. Frequently the patient complains of headache accompanied by dizziness, nausea, or visual defects, and it is characterized by elevated intracranial pressure in the absence of a space-occupying lesion or...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Mexicana de Oftalmología (English Edition)
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2604-1731
DOI: 10.24875/rmoe.m19000053