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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 16:27:101619.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101619. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Familial non-obese idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Raed Behbehani  1 , Abdullah Ali  1 , Ashref J Al-Mousa  1 , Sarah N Albuloushi  1
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Case Reports

Familial non-obese idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Raed Behbehani et al. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Purpose: To report a series of cases of non-obese familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Observation: One father and three offsprings (two brothers and one sister) with idiopathic intracranial hypertension and different phenotypic presentations.

Conclusion and importance: Familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension may underrecognized and may not be associated with obesity. Symptomatic family members may need to be screened for IIH in some cases.

Keywords: Familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Papilledema.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors has any conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Fundus photograph showing bilateral papilledema more severe in the left eye.
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Humphrey visual field testing (24–2) shows enlarged blind spots in both eyes.
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (Cirrus 5000) shows normal retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in the right and mild thickening of retinal nerve fiber layer in the left eye.
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Fundus photograph showing bilateral papilledema more severe in the left eye.
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Fig. 5
Humphrey visual field testing (24–2) shows enlarged blind spot in the left eye and normal field in the right eye.
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Fig. 6
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Cirrus 5000) shows increased retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in the left eye and is normal in the right eye.
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Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Cirrus 5000) ten weeks after initial assessment shows resolution of the retinal nerve fiber layer thickening in the left eye and is normal thickness in the right eye.
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