Pseudotumor cerebri following tapered corticosteroid treatment in an 8-month-old infant: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-90

  Ray, Wilson Z ^a   Lee, Amy ^a   Blackburn, Spiros L ^a   Lueder, Gregg T ^a   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Pediatric neurosurgery; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SUCTION;

EID: 40849124431     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-08/01/088     Document Type: Article

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