Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Sarah YF Chan

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• Case Report
  An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertensionin a Pre-Pubertal Child
  Author(s): Sarah YF Chan Sarah YF Chan
  
  Purpose: In paediatrics, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) presents differently in pre- and post-pubertal children. This case report aims to bring awareness to uncommon presentations of IIH in a pre-pubertal child, highlighting the variability and exceptions of an atypical condition. Observations: A 7-year-old female with a BMI in the 84th percentile presented to Rockhampton Base Hospital (Queensland, Australia) with a 2-month history of intermittent blurry vision, headache, vomiting, bi-temporal hemianopia and bilateral swollen discs. There were no common findings of obesity, neck stiffness, strabismus, abducens nerve palsy or common field defects such as enlarged blind spots, peripheral constrictions or paracentral scotomas. MRI brain/orbits with contrast performed had no MRI features of IIH, and lumbar puncture reveale.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000689

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