Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the emergency department?

October 8th, 2008 | by Pressurized |
John de Witt asked:


Is anybody else diagnosing stuff like this, or am I just a sh*t magnet?
Tonight’s was a chubby 15 year old girl without visual disturbances (and of course with sharp discs).

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  1. 6 Responses to “Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the emergency department?”

  2. By mdGreg C on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply

    A Long Time Ago, I Had a Patient With Sudden-Onset Psychotic Sxs., I Traced it to the Cipro, it Resolved.

  3. By greydoc6 on Oct 12, 2008 | Reply

    Can you describe her presenting symptoms and how you made the diagnosis? Also, are you seeing more of this in the ER in recent times?

  4. By grimmytea on Oct 15, 2008 | Reply

    Not personally, since the last time I did a funduscopic exam was about 2 years ago. But since IIH/pseudotumor cerebri is strongly associated with obesity, and since obesity is on the rise (starting at even younger ages now), it doesn’t surprise me.

  5. By Pangolin on Oct 17, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve heard about that more recently, so I don’t think it’s you. (But you still may be a shit magnet - let’s not rule that out!)

    I know it’s something we have to watch out for more pre-op, especially in young overweight women. There are case reports of them waking up blind after surgery.

  6. By Tio Paco on Oct 19, 2008 | Reply

    Have you been watching those TV doc’s again?
    I liked the episode of House, that had the guy who had had a childhood disease that didn’t present for 30 years.

  7. By niknik on Oct 21, 2008 | Reply

    So you diagnosed a chubby girl with sharp discs and no visual disturbance with IIH? How did you come to that conclusion? I find this very interesting.

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