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Persistent disturbances of cognitive functions in patients with pseudotumor cerebri
Author(s) -
Sørensen P. Soelberg,
Thomsen A. M.,
Gjerris F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb03273.x
Subject(s) - pseudotumor cerebri , neuropsychology , medicine , intracranial pressure , pediatrics , borderline intellectual functioning , intellectual impairment , cognition , shunt (medical) , psychology , surgery , psychiatry
In a series of 20 consecutive patients with pseudotumor cerebri, five patients had a protracted course of the disease with complaints of persistent disturbances in learning and memory functions. Neuropsychological examination disclosed a light general intellectual impairment with most marked disturbances in verbal tests. After intensive medical treatment or ventriculo‐atrial shunt operation, psychological re‐examination showed improvement in the test results in accordance with the improvement of the patients’ occupational and social situation. Cognitive dysfunction can be the result of a prolonged course of benign intracranial hypertension, and the term “benign” may be misleading in these cases. However, the intellectual impairment, even when long‐standing, seems to be reversible in most patients after medical or surgical measures to lower the intracranial pressure.