Raised intracranial pressure in a 16-year-old boy. Report of a case of Behçet's disease.
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.
Stern
J M
JM
Department of Neurology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.
Kesler
S M
SM
D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications*