RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension presenting as postpartum headache
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 52
OP 55
DO 10.17712/nsj.2016.1.20150304
VO 21
IS 1
A1 Mariam Mathew
A1 Ayesha Salahuddin
A1 Namitha R. Mathew
A1 Ramachandiran Nandhagopal
YR 2016
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/21/1/52.abstract
AB Postpartum headache is described as headache and neck or shoulder pain during the first 6 weeks after delivery. Common causes of headache in the puerperium are migraine headache and tension headache; other causes include pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, post-dural puncture headache, cortical vein thrombosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, brain tumor, cerebral ischemia, meningitis, and so forth. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare cause of postpartum headache. It is usually associated with papilledema, headache, and elevated intracranial pressure without any focal neurologic abnormality in an otherwise healthy person. It is more commonly seen in obese women of reproductive age group, but rare during pregnancy and postpartum. We present a case of IIH who presented to us 18 days after cesarean section with severe headache and was successfully managed.