Secondary intracranial hypertension from testosterone therapy in a transgender patient

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 156-158

  Park, Soo ^a   Cheng, Chee Peng ^a   Lim, Lik Thai ^a   Gerber, David ^b  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Secondary intracranial hypertension; Testosterone therapy; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; SUSTANON 250; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE SWELLING; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MANUAL PERIMETER; MASTECTOMY; OPTIC DISK; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSGENDERISM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANDROGENS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908469431     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2013.788678     Document Type: Article

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