Papilledema in Childhood for Diagnosis of Pseudotumor Cerebri or Late Hydrocephalus: A Case Report

Abstract

A case of hydrocephalus is presented in a 13-year-old female with transient loss of vision from 1 week and papilledema, previous ophthalmological history was negative. A visual field was performed, and neurological examination proved to be hydrocephalus. In literature few cases of Papilledema in adolescent children with hydrocephalus have been reported. The aim of this case report is to decode the signs, symptoms and factors associated with papilledema in children with hydrocephalus at an early stage in order to prevent a poor visual-functional residual (permanent low vision).