PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI ASSOCIATED WITH CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE

Authors
LIU GT KAY MD BIENFANG DC SCHATZ NJ
Citation
Gt. Liu et al., PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI ASSOCIATED WITH CORTICOSTEROID WITHDRAWAL IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE, American journal of ophthalmology, 117(3), 1994, pp. 352-357
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
American journal of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029394
Volume
117
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
352 - 357
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9394(1994)117:3<352:PCAWCW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We treated two patients with Crohn's disease and one patient with ulce rative colitis who developed headache, papilledema, and intracranial h ypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) during corticosteroid withdrawal. On e had four separate episodes with corticosteroid withdrawal, which sug gested a causal relationship. This association between pseudotumor cer ebri and corticosteroid withdrawal has been documented in children, bu t is rare in adults with inflammatory bowel disease.