Pediatric intracranial hypertension. Experience from 2 Tertiary Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the experience of 2 tertiary centers in Saudi Arabia with intracranial hypertension (IH) in the pediatric population.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed pediatric patients diagnosed with IH from June 2002 to May 2017 in 2 institutes.

Results

We identified 53 patients (30 females and 23 males) with a mean age of 7 years at the time of presentation. Among them, 41 patients were younger than 12 years, and 12 were older. Obese and overweight patients constituted 27.00% (n = 14) of all cases, 8 (66.7%) of whom were older than 12 years. The most common presenting feature was papilledema followed by headache. Vitamin D deficiency, which constituted the most common associated condition, was identified in 12 (22.6%) patients. Acetazolamide was

SUBMITTER: Bashiri FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015550 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature