title: Pseudotumor cerebri in renal transplant recipients: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: We describe two patients with renal transplants who developed pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) in the course of their follow-up. They illustrate the diagnostic challenge in such situations. Patients with renal transplants usually have many other associated conditions which may lead to headache, visual disturbances or papilledema. A high index of suspicion is necessary for prompt diagnosis and management of this rare and serious but treatable combination.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Section, King Fahd National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obeid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Awada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huraib
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quadri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abu-Romeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology