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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versão impressa ISSN 0365-6691
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ASENSIO-SANCHEZ, V.M. et al. Epidemiology of pseudotumor cerebri. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2007, vol.82, n.4, pp.219-221. ISSN 0365-6691.
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.
Palavras-chave : PTC; incidence; female; obesity.