Case Reports
31 January 2011
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e1

A severe case of tetracycline-induced intracranial hypertension

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Tetracykline, intracranial hypertension
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Anders Vedel Holst
Department of Neurosurgery, Denmark.
Patricia Louise Danielsen
patriciadanielsen@yahoo.dk
Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark, Denmark.
Bertil Romner
Department of Neurosurgery, Denmark.
Tetracykline is a first-line treatment of the common skin disorder acne vulgaris. A rare side effect of tetracycline treatment is intracranial hypertension also called pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). We report a severe case of PTC with cranial nerve palsy and visual loss in a 16 year old girl following acne vulgaris treatment with tetracycline.

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A severe case of tetracycline-induced intracranial hypertension. (2011). Dermatology Reports, 3(1), e1. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e1