title: [Intermittent intracranial hypertension revealing a tumor of the cervical spine].
abstract: A 6 year-old girl was admitted with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. These manifestations spontaneously disappeared, then recurred a few days later, leading to the discovery of hydrocephalus with increased protein concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid. A cervical spine tumor was diagnosed by magnetic nuclear resonance examination. The patient was successfully operated on for a benign astrocytoma. In the absence of a cerebral tumor, cervical spinal tumors should be looked for when recurring symptoms of intracranial hypertension occur in a child.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Toulemonde
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labrune
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sainte Rose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odièvre
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Hypertension intracrânienne intermittente révélatrice d'une tumeur de la moelle cervicale.