Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, India | Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Child Health, Bangalore, India | Department of Anatomy, Kempegowda Institute of Medical
Science, Bangalore, India | Department of Neuroradiology, National Institute of
Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Bangalore Child
Neurology and Rehabilitation Center, HANS complex, 8/A 1st Main 1st Cross,
Manuvana, Near Adhichunchanagiri Choultry, Vijaynagar, Bangalore, 560040,
Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 80 23301212, +91 9535212556; Fax: +91 80 26541799;
E-mail: drknvraju@hotmail.com, drknvraju@yahoo.co.in
Abstract: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is rare in children and
associated with high cerebrospinal fluid pressure, with no evidence of
intracranial malformation. The etiology is unknown but it is associated with
endocrine disorders, drugs, toxins and viral infections. Investigations such as
lumbar puncture and imaging are usually normal. We report a child who presented
with features of elevated intracranial pressure following measles vaccination.
His investigations were all found to be normal and was treated with
acetazolamide following which he recovered.
