title: [Bariatric surgery for pseudotumor cerebri. Case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report here a case of a patient with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) associated with morbid obesity. PTC, also called benign intracranial hypertension, is a known complication of morbid obesity with resolution by reduction of obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 42-year-old female with morbid obesity and secondary PTC underwent a modified jejunocolonostomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient has lost 43% of excess body weight and the intracranial pressure is normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PTC is a benign pathology, and the cause may be morbid obesity. Bariatric surgery is useful in the management of these patients for the resolution of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastrocirugía, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F.
authors.forename: Erika Edith
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Lazcano-Herrera
authors.forename: Teodoro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Romero-Hernández
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Martínez-Ordaz
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blanco-Benavides
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery