title: [2 rare neuro-ophthalmologic complications of long-term treatment with lithium salts].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Hôpital de la Sapêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Anglejan Chatillon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaison
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goujon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caroli
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bousser
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium
vernacular_title: Deux complications neuro-ophtalmologiques rares d'un traitement au long cours par les sels de lithium.