Risperidone Induced Benign Intracranial Hypertension Leading to Visual Loss

Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) is a rare but potentially serious condition causing visual loss. Occasionally, medication use has been associated with the occurrence of BIH. We report the case of a 40-year-old obese lady being treated with risperidone for schizophrenia who presented with feat...

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Autores principales: Alexander, Sushil Thomas, Kattula, Dheeraj, Mannam, Pavithra, Iyyadurai, Ramya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335522
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.183075
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Sumario:Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) is a rare but potentially serious condition causing visual loss. Occasionally, medication use has been associated with the occurrence of BIH. We report the case of a 40-year-old obese lady being treated with risperidone for schizophrenia who presented with features of BIH. We report this case, occurring for the 1(st) time in India, to emphasize that a commonly used atypical antipsychotic drug can rarely cause BIH leading to visual loss.

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