title: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and seventh nerve palsy.
abstract: Patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension may occasionally present with coexisting lower motor neuron facial weakness. This study reviews a 6-year experience at Mayo Clinic. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and facial paresis. Two cases were identified. Both fulfilled the modified Dandy's diagnostic criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Treatment consisted of steroids in one, and emergent optic nerve sheath fenestration in the other. The cranial nerve palsies resolved in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Capobianco
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Brazis
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Cheshire
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids