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Pages 590-594 (1 December 2003)
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Hipertensión intracraneal idiopática: características clínicas y evolutivas
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Clinical Features And Outcome
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M.E. Yoldi Petri, T. Durá Travé
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Correspondencia: Avda. Pío XII, 10-8.° C. 31008 Pamplona. España
, T. Hernández Lagunas
Unidad de Neuropediatría. Hospital Virgen del Camino. Pamplona. España
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La hipertensión intracraneal idiopática (HII) es una enfermedad poco común en la infancia. Se analizan las características clínicas y evolutivas de 8 pacientes (6 mujeres y 2 varones) diagnosticados de HII, con una edad media de 11,1 años. Las características clínicas más comunes fueron cefalea, papiledema y trastornos visuales (pérdida de agudeza visual y diplopía). La respuesta al tratamiento fue satisfactoria, salvo en un caso que presentó una amaurosis bilateral casi completa que precisó derivación extracraneal, desarrollando una atrofia óptica. Por lo general, el curso evolutivo de la HII es benigno, pero dada la posibilidad de un deterioro grave de la función visual sería preceptivo un riguroso control de estos pacientes hasta la resolución completa del cuadro.

Palabras clave:
Hipertensión intracraneal benigna
Hipertensión intracraneal idiopática
Infancia
Seudotumor cerebral
Papiledema

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children is rare. We analyzed clinical presentation and outcome in eight patients (six girls and two boys) diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The mean age was 11.1 years. The most common clinical features were headache, papilledema and visual disturbance (visual loss and diplopia). Response to treatment was satisfactory in all patients except one who presented almost complete bilateral amaurosis requiring extracranial shunting and who later developed optic atrophy. Outcome is usually is benign, but given the possibility of severe loss of visual function, close ophthalmic follow-up is recommended until complete resolution.

Key words:
Benign intracranial hypertension
Idiopathic intracranial hypertensin
Children
Pseudotumor cerebri
Papilledema
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