Alvarez-Cermeño J C, Fernández J M, O'Neill A, Moral L, Saiz-Ruiz J
Headache. 1989 Apr;29(4):246-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1989.hed22904246.x.
A 23-year old woman developed headache and papilledema due to benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) while taking lithium carbonate for only seven months because of manic-depressive disease. Having discarded other causes, drug ingestion was the most likely etiology of the syndrome since it was observed that symptoms improved upon lithium withdrawal and worsened when the treatment was restarted. This report shows that BIH may appear as a side-effect of relatively short-term therapy with lithium and, therefore, funduscopic exams should be performed in every patient receiving this drug.
一名23岁女性因双相情感障碍服用碳酸锂仅7个月后，出现良性颅内高压（BIH）导致的头痛和视乳头水肿。排除其他病因后，药物摄入是该综合征最可能的病因，因为观察到停药后症状改善，重新开始治疗时症状恶化。本报告表明，BIH可能是锂盐相对短期治疗的副作用，因此，接受该药物治疗的每位患者均应进行眼底检查。
