Increased intracranial pressure due to hyperthyroidism.
We present a 58-year-old man with neurological manifestations indicating increased intracranial pressure in association with hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism due to a hyperfunctioning solitary thyroid nodule was the underlying cause, since all the symptoms disappeared after the treatment of hyperthyroidism. Our aim is to emphasize that hyperthyroidism should be suspected in a patient with progressive symptoms of increased intracranial pressure.
Yaka
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E
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey. erdem.yaka@deu.edu.tr
Cakmur
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R
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery