Pseudotumor Cerebri
Pseudotumor cerebri with systemic lupus erythematosus responds to steroids
Published in Cancer Weekly, May 27th, 2003
According to a study from 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 been 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) 7 years before," wrote A.H. Valverde and...
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