A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH RECURRENT PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI AND VITAMIN B_(12) DEFICIENCY

摘要

Pseudotumor cerebri is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure, normal cerebrospinal fluid values, and a normal cerebral ventricles on brain imaging studies. A patient with a diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri was admitted to the authors' hospital twice within a 2,5-year interval and treated with vitamin B_(12) (vit-B_(12)) At the second admission she also presented with a cerebral venous thrombosis that might have been explained by vit-B_(12) deficiency, homocysteinemiaand an increased level of lipoprotein-a.