A severe case of tetracycline-induced intracranial hypertension.
Tetracykline is a first-line treatment of the common skin disorder acne vulgaris. A rare side effect of tetracycline treatment is intracranial hypertension also called pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). We report a severe case of PTC with cranial nerve palsy and visual loss in a 16 year old girl following acne vulgaris treatment with tetracycline.
Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital;
Anders Vedel
AV
Holst
Bispebjerg University Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Patricia L
PL
Danielsen
Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital;
Bertil
B
Romner
intracranial hypertension.; tetracycline