BARIATRIC SURGERY AS A TREATMENT FOR IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION IN A MALE ADOLESCENT: CASE REPORT.
Marina YbarraTiago Jeronimo Dos SantosEdjane Santos QueirozLudmilla RachidRuth Rocha FrancoLouise CominatoFrederico Castelo MouraManoel Carlos P VelhoteDurval DamianiPublished in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2020)
IIH is characterized by increased intracranial pressure with no evidence of deformity or obstruction of the ventricular system on neuroimaging. It has been associated with obesity. Bariatric surgery may be a valid alternative approach for morbidly obese adolescent patients with refractory symptoms.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- obese patients
- young adults
- case report
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- blood pressure
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- optic nerve
- weight gain
- left ventricular
- insulin resistance
- childhood cancer
- catheter ablation
- optical coherence tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- high fat diet induced
- smoking cessation