A baby with a lot of nerve

Abstract An infant presented with bilateral disk edema and an acute left sixth cranial nerve (CN VI) palsy because of pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). PTC is rare in infants where it is often associated with endocrine abnormalities, medications, viral infections, systemic conditions, and nutritional etiol...

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Published in:Survey of ophthalmology 2016-07, Vol.61 (4), p.506-511
Main Authors: Ramkumar, Hema L., MD, Verma, Rohan, MD, Crow, Janet, MD, Robbins, Shira, MD, Granet, David B., MD, Sheldon, Claire A., MD, PhD, Henretig, Fred M., MD, Liu, Grant T., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acetazolamide
cranial neuropathy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hypervitaminosis A - complications
idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ophthalmology
Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging
pseudotumor cerebri
Pseudotumor Cerebri - diagnosis
Pseudotumor Cerebri - etiology
vitamin A
Vitamin A - adverse effects
Vitamins - adverse effects
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Summary:Abstract An infant presented with bilateral disk edema and an acute left sixth cranial nerve (CN VI) palsy because of pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). PTC is rare in infants where it is often associated with endocrine abnormalities, medications, viral infections, systemic conditions, and nutritional etiologies such as vitamin A toxicity. We report a case of PTC in an infant associated with hypervitaminosis A with an unlikely source—a common prenatal vitamin.
ISSN:0039-6257
1879-3304
DOI:10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.11.007