title: Pseudotumor cerebri in a Turkish boy with Fanconi anemia.
abstract: Pseudotumor cerebri (PC) is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure with a normal cerebrospinal fluid cell count and protein level in the absence of a space-occupying lesion or apparent obstruction to the cerebrospinal fluid pathway. Although PC is described in patients with various hematological diseases including iron-deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, acquired aplastic anemia, hemolytic anemia, sickle cell disease, and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, there is no case of PC with Fanconi anemia in the English literature. Here, we report a first case of PC in an 11-year-old boy with a diagnosis of Fanconi anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara Children's Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Diskapi, Ankara, Turkey. betultavil@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tavil
authors.forename: Neslihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karakurt
authors.forename: Ikbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bozkaya
authors.forename: Vildan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Culha
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mehmet Azk
authors.forename: Bahattin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tunç
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014421:Turkey