title: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children and adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate sex distribution, frequency of obesity, and other associated conditions among children and adolescents with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients aged 18 years or younger diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension between 1988 and 1995 at two medical centers. Meta-analyses were performed using our data pooled with published information.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 374 patients, 175 (46.8%) were male and 199 (53.2%) were female. Obesity was noted in 50 (29.6%) of the 169 patients for whom relevant data are available, and other associated conditions were noted in 185 (53.2%) of the 348 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Idiopathic intracranial hypertension among children and adolescents affects boys and girls equally; concurrent obesity occurs less frequently than in adults; and other associated conditions or secondary causes are common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Siatkowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eneyni
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brodsky
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution