Symptoms of clinically silent intracranial mass lesions precipitated by treatment with nifedipine.
The case of a patient who manifested signs and symptoms of previously unsuspected intracranial mass lesions after initiation of nifedipine therapy for control of reflex sympathetic dystrophy is presented. We speculate that the cerebral vasodilatory effects of nifedipine led to increased intracranial pressure.
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D009543:Nifedipine