BENIGN INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY

被引：11
作者：
HENRY, SD
JACQUES, S
机构：
[1] Emergency Department, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA
来源：
JACEP-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS | 1979年 / 8卷 / 08期
关键词：
hypertension; pregnancy;
D O I：
10.1016/S0361-1124(79)80374-3
中图分类号：
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要：
Benign intracranial hypertension, an unusual case of headaches, was associated with pregnancy in a gravid female with the chief complaint of headache. Symptoms resolved after three days of prednisone therapy. In benign intracranial hypertension, the possibilities of intracranial mass lesions, intracranial infection, obstruction of the cerebral ventricles, and hypertensive encephalopathy are excluded by evaluation with skull films, computerized axial tomography, electroencephalography and lumbar puncture. The only symptom may be headache and the only physical sign, papilledema. Therefore, neurological examination must include visualization of the fundi. © 1979 American College of Emergency Physicians.
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页码：323 / 325
页数：3
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