title: [Progressive blindness of a young female with extreme obesity].
abstract: We report on a 40-year-old, extremely obese female patient with severe headaches and transitory visual obscurations due to idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which still remains a dangerous and potentially blinding disease. An immediate and consistent, stage adjusted therapy with medical and/or surgical options is needed to prevent patients from going blind. Lacking compliance is a high risk factor for a severe course of the disease. In case of the occurrence of the typical symptoms and predisposing factors, an idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Medizinisches Zentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Standort Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Deutschland. thomas.bertelmann@staff.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bertelmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sekundo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis
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