TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension presenting as postpartum headache
AU - Mathew, Mariam
AU - Salahuddin, Ayesha
AU - Mathew, Namitha R.
AU - Nandhagopal, Ramachandiran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - Postpartum headache is described as headache and neck or shoulder pain during the first 6 weeks after delivery. Common causes of headache in the puerperium are migraine headache and tension headache; other causes include pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, post-dural puncture headache, cortical vein thrombosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, brain tumor, cerebral ischemia, meningitis, and so forth. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare cause of postpartum headache. It is usually associated with papilledema, headache, and elevated intracranial pressure without any focal neurologic abnormality in an otherwise healthy person. It is more commonly seen in obese women of reproductive age group, but rare during pregnancy and postpartum. We present a case of IIH who presented to us 18 days after cesarean section with severe headache and was successfully managed.
AB - Postpartum headache is described as headache and neck or shoulder pain during the first 6 weeks after delivery. Common causes of headache in the puerperium are migraine headache and tension headache; other causes include pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, post-dural puncture headache, cortical vein thrombosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, brain tumor, cerebral ischemia, meningitis, and so forth. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare cause of postpartum headache. It is usually associated with papilledema, headache, and elevated intracranial pressure without any focal neurologic abnormality in an otherwise healthy person. It is more commonly seen in obese women of reproductive age group, but rare during pregnancy and postpartum. We present a case of IIH who presented to us 18 days after cesarean section with severe headache and was successfully managed.
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U2 - 10.17712/nsj.2016.1.20150304
DO - 10.17712/nsj.2016.1.20150304
M3 - Article
C2 - 26818168
AN - SCOPUS:84955467877
SN - 1319-6138
VL - 21
SP - 52
EP - 55
JO - Neurosciences
JF - Neurosciences
IS - 1
ER -