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| Ashutosh Kumar1, Sasikumar Kilaikode1, Paul Saenger2 | ||||||
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1MD, Resident, Pediatrics, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
2MD, Attending, Pediatric Endocrinology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. | ||||||
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| Kumar A, Kilaikode S, Saenger P. Pseudotumor cerebri caused by uncontrolled Graves’ disease in an adolescent. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2013;4(12):702–704. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Hyperthyroidism causing pseudotumor cerebri is very rare in children.
Case Report: We are reporting a case of a 17-year-old girl with uncontrolled Graves’ disease presenting with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). Patient initially did not respond to common management of PTC with therapeutic lumbar puncture and acetazolamide, but improved after treating hyperthyroidism by radioablation therapy. Conclusion: We emphasize that uncontrolled hyperthyroidism should be suspected as a secondary cause of pseudotumor cerebri in children and treated aggressively to avoid its dreaded complications. | |
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Keywords:
Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH), Graves’ disease, Papilledema, Radioablation therapy, Hyperthyroidism
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Author Contributions
Ashutosh Kumar – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Sasikumar Kilaikode – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Paul Saenger – Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© Ashutosh Kumar et al. 2013; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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