[Pseudotumor cerebri and systemic lupus erythematosus]. 2003

A Herrero Valverde, and J Mera Campillo, and A Zea Mendoza, and J Masjuan Vallejo
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

Pseudotumor cerebri (PC) is a syndrome characterized by intracranial hypertension in the absence of any space-occupying lesion, hydrocephalus, cerebral sinus thrombosis and biochemical or cytological abnormalities in the CSF. PC has ben associated with several factors such as systemic conditions or drugs. We report here the case of a patient who presented with headache, vomiting and blurred vision accompanied by bilateral papilledema and had been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seven years before. Treatment was started with high-dose corticosteroids with rapid resolution of the clinical symptoms and papilledema of the patient.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D011559 Pseudotumor Cerebri A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS). Benign Intracranial Hypertension,Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension,Intracranial Hypertension, Benign,Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic,Hypertension, Benign Intracranial,Hypertension, Idiopathic Intracranial
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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