Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 38-2009 - a 16-year-old boy with paroxysmal headaches and visual changes

N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 10;361(24):2367-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0905547.

Authors

Steven D Brass¹, Marc J Dinkin, Ziv Williams, Kalpathy S Krishnamoorthy, William A Copen, Stefanie H Freeman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.

PMID: 20007563
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0905547

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Arachnoid Cysts / complications
Arachnoid Cysts / diagnosis*
Brain / anatomy & histology
Cerebrospinal Fluid / chemistry
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
Electroencephalography
Headache / etiology*
Humans
Intracranial Hypertension / diagnosis*
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Migraine Disorders / diagnosis
Nausea / etiology
Papilledema / etiology
Papilledema / pathology
Spinal Canal / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Diseases / complications
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vision Disorders / etiology