Bariatric surgery and its impact on pseudotumor cerebri: A case report

PURPOSE: Pseudotumor cerebri is a debilitating condition that causes severe headaches and progressive visual field loss. In this report, we present a patient with Class III obesity, with pseudotumor cerebri who failed medical management and attempted weight loss via diet and exercise. OBSERVATIONS:...

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Autores principales: Mancera, Norberto, Murr, Michel M., Drucker, Mitchell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Brief report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.01.047
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description PURPOSE: Pseudotumor cerebri is a debilitating condition that causes severe headaches and progressive visual field loss. In this report, we present a patient with Class III obesity, with pseudotumor cerebri who failed medical management and attempted weight loss via diet and exercise. OBSERVATIONS: After undergoing bariatric surgery, the patient had significant weight loss and improvement of visual field defects. CONCLUSION AND IMPORTANCE: These results suggest that bariatric surgery may be an effective option for patients with rapidly progressing visual loss due to pseudotumor cerebri.
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spelling pubmed-59566532018-05-18 Bariatric surgery and its impact on pseudotumor cerebri: A case report Mancera, Norberto Murr, Michel M. Drucker, Mitchell Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Brief report PURPOSE: Pseudotumor cerebri is a debilitating condition that causes severe headaches and progressive visual field loss. In this report, we present a patient with Class III obesity, with pseudotumor cerebri who failed medical management and attempted weight loss via diet and exercise. OBSERVATIONS: After undergoing bariatric surgery, the patient had significant weight loss and improvement of visual field defects. CONCLUSION AND IMPORTANCE: These results suggest that bariatric surgery may be an effective option for patients with rapidly progressing visual loss due to pseudotumor cerebri. Elsevier 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5956653/ /pubmed/29780918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.01.047 Text en Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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