title: Raised intracranial pressure in a 16-year-old boy. Report of a case of Behçet's disease.
abstract: A case of raised intracranial pressure in a 16-year-old boy, caused by superior sagittal sinus thrombosis secondary to Behçet's disease, is presented. A discussion of cerebral venous thrombosis and its relation to Behçet's disease follows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kesler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*