%0 Journal Article
%T Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a possible association with Imatinib
%A Anja M. Palmowski-Wolfe
%A Eva Pape
%A Thomas Baumann
%A Margarita G. Todorova
%J Eye Reports
%D 2011
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/eye.2011.e13
%X Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by an increased intracranial pressure in the absence of a tumor and in the absence of a venous thrombosis. Associated risk factors include obesity and several medications such as tetracyclines. We report a 60-year-old patient who developed IIH under treatment with imatinib. To our knowledge such a possible connection has not been reported in the literature, even though intracranial hypertension is now listed as a rare possible side effect of treatment with imatinib in the Swiss List of Medications Arzneimittelkompendium. It remains to be seen, if further case reports will support this observation.
%K idiopathic intracranial hypertension
%K glivec
%K imatinib.
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/eye/article/view/89