Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in a pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematous

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Mauricio Restrepo, Lilliana María Giraldo, Luisa Fernanda Montoya, Adriana Lucía Vanegas, Carlos Horacio Muñoz, Gloria María Vásquez, Luis Alonso González
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018
• Subjects: Pseudotumor cerebri; intracranial pressure; lupus erythematosous; systemic; papilledema; pregnancy complications; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3586; https://doaj.org/article/65e114603b68433f9106de5d4ed1e1bb

Systemic lupus erythematous is a chronic multi-systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems, including the central nervous system. Pseudotumor cerebri is a disorder associated with increased intracranial pressure in the absence of a space-occupying lesion or other identifiable cause that affects young and obese women. We present the case of a pregnant woman with both pseudotumor cerebri and a new diagnosis of active systemic lupus erythematous.