Volume 26, Issue 127, September 2022

Pseudotumor cerebri presenting with 2nd and 7th nerve palsy

Mathisha Ebby Perin^♦, Suresh Kanna S, Dinesh Babu

Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, India

^♦Corresponding author
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India

ABSTRACT

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, alternatively called pseudotumor cerebri is characterized by increased intracranial pressure of unknown pathology with the absence of any structural lesions. This intracranial hypertension most commonly presents with postural headache, nausea, vomiting, transient visual loss with cranial nerve involvement, with most common VI cranial nerve involvement. In the following case report, we present a pseudotumor cerebri presenting with 2nd and 7th nerve palsy.

Keywords: Hypertension, Nerve Palsy, Pseudotumor Cerebri

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms351e2295

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i127/ms351e2295

Published: 05 September 2022