Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues are common treatment option in central precocious puberty in childhood as well as in endometriosis, infertility, and prostate cancer in adults. Pseudotumor cerebri is a rare side effect observed in adults. We present the case of a girl with precocious puberty treated with triptorelin acetate who developed pseudotumor cerebri after the 4th dose. She had h...

INTRODUCTION The central nervous system involvement in Behçet's disease occurs in 5-30% of cases. The diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri is even rarer (only 22 cases reported worldwide). PURPOSE To emphasize the importance of differential diagnosis in a case of pseudotumor cerebri in the context of ocular inflammation. METHODS V.A.V.R., a 31 year old female, was diagnosed with pan-uveitis on ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can be used to predict the presence of elevated intracranial pressure. DESIGN Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS Twenty patients with pseudotumor cerebri and 20 control subjects. INTERVENTION Magnetic resonance imaging. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The presence or absence of the following six neuroimaging signs was measured: (...

In 1904 the German neurologist Max Nonne introduced the term pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) to describe the clinical syndrome of chronically elevated intracranial pressure of unknown etiology. As diagnostic options grew broader and more effective over time, however, numerous pathological conditions that can cause chronically high intracranial pressure were identified, which occasioned its classifica...

how to cite this article: akhondian j, ashrafzadeh f, beiraghi toosi m, hashemi n. a rare presentation of neurobrucellosis in a child with recurrent transient ischemic attacks and pseudotumor cerebri (a case report and review of literature). iran j child neurol. 2014 spring; 8(2):65-69.   brucellosis is a multi-system infectious disease that presents with various manifestations and complication...

Pseudotumor cerebri is idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The etiology of this syndrome has not been fully clarified. Excess cerebrospinal fluid production, scarcity of cerebrospinal fluid absorption, intracranial venous pressure elevation, increased intracranial blood volume are all thought to be responsible. The symptoms of the disease may be ordered according to prevalence as follows: hea...

Dual differentiation therapy with arsenic trioxide and tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid; ATRA) for the management of low and intermediate risk acute promyelocytic leukemia has recently been recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Some less common toxicities of the combination may have yet to be fully realized. Of ten patients we have treated thus far, five (50%) have develop...

Three patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for both multiple sclerosis and pseudotumor cerebri. Although coincidence is possible, intracranial hypertension may be a manifestation of demyelinating disease.