Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

Siddharth Kharkar; Robert hernandez; Sachin Batra; Philippe Metellus; Argye Hillis; Michael A. Williams; Daniele Rigamonti

doi:10.3233/BEN-2011-0325

Behavioural Neurology (Jan 2011)

Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

Siddharth Kharkar,
Robert hernandez,
Sachin Batra,
Philippe Metellus,
Argye Hillis,
Michael A. Williams,
Daniele Rigamonti

Affiliations

Siddharth Kharkar: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Robert hernandez: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Sachin Batra: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Philippe Metellus: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Argye Hillis: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Michael A. Williams: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Daniele Rigamonti: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2011-0325
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 143 – 148

Abstract

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Introduction: Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (PTCS) may complain of difficulty in thinking or concentrating; however there has been little formal cognitive evaluation in this population.

Published in Behavioural Neurology

ISSN: 0953-4180 (Print); 1875-8584 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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