Recurrence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension after weight loss: The carrot craver

PURPOSE: To describe a patient with stable idiopathic intracranial hyperten sion whose papilledema worsened. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: A patient with documented idiopathic intracranial hypertension had resolution of disc edema with weight loss. Recurrence of papilIedema led t o the discovery that she consumed large quantities of raw carrots to help m aintain her weight. Her increased vitamin A levels normalized, and the disc edema resolved when she stopped earing carrots. CONCLUSION: Patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be co unseled regarding carrot intake. (C) 2000 by Elsevier Science Inc. All righ ts reserved.