Open AccessGraves' disease and idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Author(s) -
Manish Gutch,
Annesh Bhattacharjee,
Sudhir Kumar,
Durgesh Pushkar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.206574
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , neuroimaging , graves' disease , endocrine system , raised intracranial pressure , pediatrics , intracranial pressure , disease , central nervous system , pathology , surgery , psychiatry , hormone
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a central nervous system disorder characterized by raised intracranial pressure with normal cerebrospinal fluid composition and absence of any structural anomaly on neuroimaging. Among all endocrine disorders associated with the development of IIH, the association of hyperthyroidism and IIH is very rare with few cases reported till date. Thyroid disturbances have a unique association with IIH. Hypo- and hyper-thyroidism have been reported in association with this disorder. We present a rare case of a 25-year-old man with Graves' disease with intractable headache that was later investigated and attributed to development of IIH