[Bariatric surgery for pseudotumor cerebri. Case report].
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.
Lazcano-Herrera
Erika Edith
EE
Departamento de Gastrocirugía, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F.
Romero-Hernández
Teodoro
T
Martínez-Ordaz
José Luis
JL
Blanco-Benavides
Roberto
R
D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery