Familial intracranial hypertension: a case report

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1996 Apr;17(2):167-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02000850.

Abstract

We report the cases of a father and his daughter developing idiopathic intracranial hypertension within a few months' of each other. A second daughter is affected by uveitis, while a third daughter presented an episode of visual loss of unknown nature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / genetics*
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Intracranial Pressure
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Acuity / physiology