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Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension
Benign intracranial hypertension is characterized with increase in CSF opening pressure with no specific etiology. It is predominantly found in women of child bearing age and particularly in individuals with obesity. Visual disturbances or loss and associated headaches are common and can lead to bli...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26713029 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.165477 |
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author | Khan, Habib Rehman Mason, Colin Mulcahy, Riona |
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description | Benign intracranial hypertension is characterized with increase in CSF opening pressure with no specific etiology. It is predominantly found in women of child bearing age and particularly in individuals with obesity. Visual disturbances or loss and associated headaches are common and can lead to blindness if left untreated. Diagnosis can be achieved once other causes of visual loss, headaches and high opening pressures are excluded. Management consists of serial optic disc assessments although no specific treatment is available despite recent trials using carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Diet modification and weight management can help in therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-46838962015-12-28 Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension Khan, Habib Rehman Mason, Colin Mulcahy, Riona Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Benign intracranial hypertension is characterized with increase in CSF opening pressure with no specific etiology. It is predominantly found in women of child bearing age and particularly in individuals with obesity. Visual disturbances or loss and associated headaches are common and can lead to blindness if left untreated. Diagnosis can be achieved once other causes of visual loss, headaches and high opening pressures are excluded. Management consists of serial optic disc assessments although no specific treatment is available despite recent trials using carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Diet modification and weight management can help in therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4683896/ /pubmed/26713029 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.165477 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Khan, Habib Rehman Mason, Colin Mulcahy, Riona Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title | Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title_full | Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title_fullStr | Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title_full_unstemmed | Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title_short | Clarithromycin Culprit of Benign Intracranial Hypertension |
title_sort | clarithromycin culprit of benign intracranial hypertension |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26713029 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.165477 |
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