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  • 标题:Case study: A 14-year-old Nigerian female with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri or benign intracranial hypertension)
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  • 作者:A.C Onwuchekwa ; University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. ; C.N. Nwankwo
  • 期刊名称:African Health Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:1680-6905
  • 电子版ISSN:1729-0503
  • 出版年度:2002
  • 卷号:2
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:124-125
  • DOI:10.4314/ahs.v2i3.6791
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Makerere University Medical School(Uganda)
  • 摘要:A 14-year-old secondary schoolgirl presented with acute onset severe generalized headache associated with vomiting and diplopia. These followed an initial fever, which responded to chloroquine. She had been on perflacine for a left knee septic arthritis until onset of her symptoms. The main findings on physical examination were mild obesity, left abducent nerve palsy, bilateral papilledema and evidence of resolving arthritis of her left knee. The results of her investigations, including a brain CT scan were within normal limits. A diagnosis of IIH was made. She responded satisfactorily to oral acetazolamide with complete resolution of her symptoms and signs within 12 days of hospitalization and 2 weeks of follow-up. African Health Sciences 2002, 2(3), 124-126
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