title: [Benign intracranial hypertension in polycythemia which had caused a lateral sinus thrombosis].
abstract: Report of a case of so called "benign" intracranial hypertension whose main characteristics are: the etiology attributed to a thrombosis of the venous transverse sinus in the course of a polycythemia; the clinical signs with a reinforcement during the course of the illness of a previous epilepsy; the prognosis with specially heavy visual impairment questioning the prefix "benign" applied to this condition.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields
vernacular_title: Hypertension intra-crânienne "bénigne" au cours d'une polyglobulie ayant entrainé une thrombose du sinus latéral.