Do Men with Pseudotumor Cerebri Share the Same Characteristics as Women

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 2001, Volume 21, Issue 1
Date 2001-03
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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ID 225148
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6768mdm

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Title Do Men with Pseudotumor Cerebri Share the Same Characteristics as Women
Creator Kesler, A; Goldhammer, Y; Gadoth, N
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine whether males with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) differ from females by clinical presentation, risk factors, and outcome. METHODS: The medical records of patients diagnosed with PTC or idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in two major university hospitals were obtained. Diagnostic criteria, clinical features, presence of obesity, mode of treatment, and outcome were tabulated. RESULTS: A total of 134 patients (18 males and 116 females) fulfilled the Dandy diagnostic criteria for PTC. Females and males shared similar clinical features and outcome. There was a substantial difference between the groups regarding body weight. The majority of females (77.8%) were considered significantly overweight, compared to 25% of the males. CONCLUSION: Pseudotumor cerebri in males is relatively rare. The clinical features are identical to those found in females. The fact that the majority of the male patients had a normal body weight may indicate that increased body weight does not play a major role in causing PTC in men, whereas it is an established major risk factor in women.
Subject Adolescent; Adult; Body Weight; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Older people; Obesity/complications; Papilledema/diagnosis/etiology; Pseudotumor Cerebri/complications/epidemiology/pathology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225134
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6768mdm/225134
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