Infantile idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the setting of recent laminectomy and filum lysis for tethered cord syndrome: a case report and literature review

Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Apr;37(4):1373-1376. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04827-9. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

Authors

Alex R Flores^#¹, Hengameh B Pajer^#², Jo Ling Goh³, Carolyn S Quinsey⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
² Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Buies Creek, NC, USA.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Carolyn_Quinsey@med.unc.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32748011
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-020-04827-9

Abstract

We present an 8-month old male status post simple tethered cord release with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Keywords: IIH; Intracranial hypertension; Pseudotumor cerebri; Tethered cord; Tethered cord syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Infant
Laminectomy
Male
Neural Tube Defects* / complications
Neural Tube Defects* / surgery
Pseudotumor Cerebri*