title: Graves' disease presenting as pseudotumor cerebri: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pseudotumor cerebri is an entity characterized by elevated intracranial pressure with normal cerebrospinal fluid and no structural abnormalities detected on brain MRI scans. Common secondary causes include endocrine pathologies. Hyperthyroidism is very rarely associated and only three case reports have been published so far.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 31-year-old Luso-African woman with clinical symptoms and laboratory confirmation of Graves' disease that presented as pseudotumor cerebri.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a rare form of presentation of Graves' disease and a rare cause of pseudotumor cerebri. It should be remembered that hyperthyroidism is a potential cause of pseudotumor cerebri.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital Santo António, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal. estercoutinho@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Ernestina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos