[2 rare neuro-ophthalmologic complications of long-term treatment with lithium salts].
We describe two patients with unusual neuro-ophthalmologic complications during long-term therapy with lithium carbonate given for bipolar affective disorder, "benign" intracranial hypertension in one, and downbeat nystagmus, with oscillopsia in the other. A review of the literature is proposed. Though rare, such neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations are worth being recognised since they usually disappear with cessation--when possible--of lithium therapy.
D'Anglejan Chatillon
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Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Hôpital de la Sapêtrière, Paris.
Schaison
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Berche
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Goujon
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C
Caroli
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Bousser
M G
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000139:chemically induced; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013997:Time Factors
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium
Deux complications neuro-ophtalmologiques rares d'un traitement au long cours par les sels de lithium.