BARIATRIC SURGERY AS A TREATMENT FOR IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION IN A MALE ADOLESCENT: CASE REPORT
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe a case of a male adolescent with symptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) associated with obesity treated with bariatric surgery. Case description: A 16-year-and-6-month-old severely obese boy [weight: 133.6 kg; height: 1.74 m (Z score: +0.14); BMI: 44...
Main Authors: | Marina Ybarra, Tiago Jeronimo dos Santos, Edjane Santos Queiroz, Ludmilla Rachid, Ruth Rocha Franco, Louise Cominato, Frederico Castelo Moura, Manoel Carlos Velhote, Durval Damiani |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo
2020-01-01
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Series: | Revista Paulista de Pediatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822020000100605&tlng=en |
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