Pseudotumor Cerebri in a Child with Idiopathic Growth Hormone Insufficiency Two Months after Initiation of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Treatment

Box 3

Etiology of PTC in children.

(1) Endocrine abnormalities (thyroid disease, Addison disease, corticosteroid withdrawal,

treatment with rhGH, desmopressin nasal spray, levonorgestrel implants)

(2) Medications (nalidixic acid, tetracyclines, nitrofurantoin, chemotherapies)

(3) Viral infections (varicella, measles)

(4) Nutritional etiologies (vitamin A toxicity, vitamin A or D deficiencies)

(5) Systemic conditions (Miller-Fisher syndrome, acute lymphocytic leukemia,

Turner syndrome, galactosemia, galactokinase deficiency)