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The Changing Picture of Pseudotumor Cerebri in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R. Couch ,
P.R. Camfíeld  and
J.A.R. Tibbies
R. Couch*
Affiliation:
Neurology Service. Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
P.R. Camfíeld*
Affiliation:
Neurology Service. Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
J.A.R. Tibbies*
Affiliation:
Neurology Service. Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
*
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children. 5850 University Ave., P.O. Box 3070. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada B3J 3G9
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children. 5850 University Ave., P.O. Box 3070. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada B3J 3G9
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children. 5850 University Ave., P.O. Box 3070. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada B3J 3G9
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Among 38 children with pseudotumor cerebri only 3 cases were due to ear disease or its complications. The commonest cause was a refeeding syndrome either due to nutritional deprivation or as an early finding in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. It is uncommon to find the cause of pseudotumor in older children but in those under 6 years the cause was found in 85%. Because of the adverse effects of steroids we use this treatment in the more resistant cases.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 48 - 50
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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