Improved pituitary function after V-P shunt insertion in pseudotumor cerebri.
Pseudotumor Cerebri is a disease of cerebrospinal fluid pressure regulation. This disease has also been associated with endocrine disorders like Cushing's syndrome, hypoparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and Addison's disease. In this paper we report a 30-year-old male patient with hypoparathyroidism presenting with pseudotumor cerebri and diminished anterior pituitary function that improved after a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt insertion.
Azar
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Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, New York, NY 10022, USA. azar@aub.edu.lb
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Assi
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Zantout
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014012:Tinnitus; D014786:Vision Disorders