ArticleBMJ case reports2011
Syphilis mimicking idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
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- Bilateral optic disc swelling resulting from lymphocytic meningitis and posterior uveitis secondary to syphilis.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Infectious and inflammatory disorders might increase the risk of developing idiopathic intracranial hypertension - a national case-control study.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2020Article
- Tumor cerebri: Metastatic renal cell carcinoma with dural venous sinus compression leading to intracranial hypertension; a case report.Surgical neurology international · 2017Article
- Unusual Primary Ocular Manifestation of Sarcoidosis.Case reports in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition of yet unknown aetiology affecting predominantly obese females of childbearing age. IIH is a diagnosis of exclusion as raised cerebrospinal fluid pressure may occur secondary to numerous other medical conditions. An atypical phenotype or an atypical disease course should alert the physician to reevaluate a presumed IIH-diagnosis. The authors report a case of a 32-year-old non-obese male with intracranial hypertension, secondary to a syphilitic central nervous system infection, initially misdiagnosed as being idiopathic. Upon relevant antibiotic treatment, signs and symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure resolved completely. Syphilis is a rare, but very important, differential diagnosis that in this case was clinically indistinguishable from IIH.
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