| Symptoms and disease associations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri): a case-control study. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 1992368 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
To identify the symptoms and coexisting medical conditions associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), we administered an 83-item questionnaire at the time of diagnosis to 50 IIH patients and 100 aged-matched controls. Ninety percent of the IIH patients were women; the mean age was 33. Obesity and recent weight gain were much more common among patients than controls. Symptoms most commonly reported by IIH patients were headache (94%), transient visual obscurations (TVO) (68%), and intracranial noises (ICN) (58%). Daily occurrence of these symptoms was much more common among patients than controls. Controls also reported these and other IIH symptoms, but at lower frequencies. Several conditions previously associated with IIH were no more common in patients than controls including iron deficiency anemia, thyroid disease, pregnancy, antibiotic intake, and use of oral contraceptives. We conclude that previous studies of IIH, mostly uncontrolled and retrospective, have underestimated the frequency of symptoms in IIH patients and reported chance and spurious associations with common medical conditions and medications. The profile of a young obese woman with headaches and either TVO or ICN should alert the clinician to the diagnosis of IIH, especially when the symptoms occur daily. |
| | |
Authors:
|
V Giuseffi; M Wall; P Z Siegel; P B Rojas |
Related Documents
:
|
2276118 - Increased reactivity to a met-enkephalin analogue in the control of autonomic responses... 22597578 - Audiovestibular dysfunction associated with adoptive cell immunotherapy for melanoma. 6850818 - Cluster headache--clinical findings in 180 patients. 12883928 - Giant cell arteritis of the occipital arteries--a prospective color coded duplex sonogr... 17623858 - Vitamin b(12) and methylmalonic acid levels in patients presenting with polyneuropathy. 3587468 - Exposure of patients to phthalates from polyvinyl chloride tubes and bags during dialysis. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Neurology Volume: 41 ISSN: 0028-3878 ISO Abbreviation: Neurology Publication Date: 1991 Feb |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1991-03-14 Completed Date: 1991-03-14 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0401060 Medline TA: Neurology Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 239-44 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Adult Aged Case-Control Studies Child Female Head Headache / etiology Humans Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Pseudotumor Cerebri / complications, physiopathology* Questionnaires Sound Vision Disorders / etiology |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Essential tremor: clinical correlates in 350 patients.
Next Document: Lateral medullary infarction: prognosis in an unselected series.