Association of Adrenal Insufficiency With Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome pathophysiology is complex and not well delineated. Therefore, it is important to identify potential contributors or targets underlying the primary pathogenesis for its development.

Objective

To report cases highlighting the association of pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome with adrenal insufficiency.

Design, setting, and participants

This noncontrolled, observational case series included pediatric patients diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome and adrenal insufficiency at an urban academic children's hospital in Houston, Texas, from June 2015 to October 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Monitoring optic nerve edema by clinical examination, fundus photography, and optical coherence topography images of

SUBMITTER: Shah V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature