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Intractable Vomiting in a Female Child with Gastritis Not Responding to Treatment: Atypical Pseudotumor Cerebri

Received: 17 April 2020     Accepted: 5 May 2020     Published: 4 June 2020
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Abstract

Intractable vomiting is a challenging complaint in pediatrics that is caused by many gastrointestinal and extragastrointestinal etiologies. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is one of the serious extragastrointestinal causes that could be overlooked due to non-orientation, atypical presentation, or misleading associated pathology. We present here an eleven-year-old female child with intractable vomiting due to IIH. The presence of concomitant Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) gastritis, which was not the cause of the vomiting, played a distraction factor away from the real cause. Moreover, the initial absence of the characteristic papilledema led to a delay in the IIH diagnosis. Treatment failure of H. pylori gastritis, especially when associated with headache, visual symptoms, and negativity of all other investigations, should direct attention to IIH even with the early absence of its characteristic papilledema.

Published in International Journal of Gastroenterology (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijg.20200401.17
Page(s) 27-30
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Keywords

Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Intractable Vomiting, Papilledema, Pseudotumor Cerebri

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    Hadil Samir Darwish, Riham Rabie Issa, Hadeer Said Allam, Sameh Abd Allah Abd el Naby, Muhammad Ahmed Magdy Abdelhamid, et al. (2020). Intractable Vomiting in a Female Child with Gastritis Not Responding to Treatment: Atypical Pseudotumor Cerebri. International Journal of Gastroenterology, 4(1), 27-30. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijg.20200401.17

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    Hadil Samir Darwish; Riham Rabie Issa; Hadeer Said Allam; Sameh Abd Allah Abd el Naby; Muhammad Ahmed Magdy Abdelhamid, et al. Intractable Vomiting in a Female Child with Gastritis Not Responding to Treatment: Atypical Pseudotumor Cerebri. Int. J. Gastroenterol. 2020, 4(1), 27-30. doi: 10.11648/j.ijg.20200401.17

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    Hadil Samir Darwish, Riham Rabie Issa, Hadeer Said Allam, Sameh Abd Allah Abd el Naby, Muhammad Ahmed Magdy Abdelhamid, et al. Intractable Vomiting in a Female Child with Gastritis Not Responding to Treatment: Atypical Pseudotumor Cerebri. Int J Gastroenterol. 2020;4(1):27-30. doi: 10.11648/j.ijg.20200401.17

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Author Information
  • Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, National Liver Institute, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

  • Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, National Liver Institute, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

  • Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, National Liver Institute, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

  • Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

  • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Medical Imaging, National Liver Institute, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

  • Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, National Liver Institute, Menofiya University, Shebin El-Koom, Menofiya, Egypt

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