Epidemiological study of benign intracranial hypertension in Sudanese patients

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This is a hospital-based study of 35 Sudanese patients with clinical features of B.I.H, carriedout at El Shaab Teaching Hospital in Khartoum in the period from May 1994 to July 1997.The aim was to study the epidemiology of B.I.H, clinical presentation, complications andfactors associated with B.I.H.The patients were diagnosed by normal brain CT-scan and CSF pressure of > 180 mm H2Oon L.P and manometry.Thirty-four patients were females and only one was male. Their ages ranges between 16-50years, 18 were single and 17 were married.Fifty percent of the patients belonged to El Gaalien tribe, while none were southerners.Most of the cases presented in the summer season in May and June, which interestinglycorresponded to C.S.M epidemic period in Sudan.One of our patients had marble bone disease, this was the first reported case with associatedB.I.H and marble bone disease.We managed our patients with frequent therapeutic L. Ps, A cetazolamide (Diamox), loopdiuretic and steroids. Those who showed complete recovery in 6 months or less from time ofpresentation to remission were 60% and 20% showed long term sequelae. It was found that,those were the patients who needed more frequent L. Ps and had the higher openingpressure

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0314d945-d8c6-40d8-b83d-8524d376f6e1

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Crawler

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الرسائل العلمية

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Epidemiological study of benign intracranial hypertension in Sudanese patients

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الإشراف

حسب الرسول صديق

الإعداد

المامون خليفة

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