Dermatology Reports (Jan 2011)

A severe case of tetracycline-induced intracranial hypertension

  • Anders Vedel Holst,
  • Patricia Louise Danielsen,
  • Bertil Romner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. e1 – e1

Abstract

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Tetracykline is a first-line treatment of the common skin disorder acne vulgaris. A rare side effect of tetracycline treatment is intracranial hypertension also called pseudotumor cerebri (PTC). We report a severe case of PTC with cranial nerve palsy and visual loss in a 16 year old girl following acne vulgaris treatment with tetracycline.

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