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[Epidemiology of pseudotumor cerebri]
V M Asensio-Sánchez1, J Merino-Angulo, S Martínez-Calvo
1Hospital General, Servicio Castellano-Leonés de Salud, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España. vasensio@hmdc.sacyl.es
Objective:
To determine the epidemiology of pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) as seen in patients attending our ophthalmology department.
Methods:
The medical records of patients diagnosed with PTC in our hospital during a ten-year period (1994 to 2004) were obtained, with only those patients with PTC diagnosed in our ophthalmology department being considered. The following data were reviewed: sex, age at diagnosis, body mass index (BMI), opening cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure, and the results of CT and MRI.
Results:
Twenty-nine patients were diagnosed with PTC during this time period. Twenty-six were females (89.6%) and 3 were males (10.4%). The calculated incidence of PTC in our population was 3.2 per 100.000 persons and 5.1 per 100.000 persons in the general population that attend our hospital.
Conclusion:
The incidence of PTC was higher than that previously reported.
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