Cirurgia bariátrica no tratamento do pseudotumor cerebral: relato de caso / Bariatric surgery for treatment of pseudotumor cerebro: a case report

Os autores relatam caso de paciente de 37 anos, obesa mórbida com IMC (índice de massa corporal) de 50 kg/mg apresentando hipertensão intracraniana benigna (pseudotumor cerebral). tratada clinicamente por vários anos sem resposta satisfatória, apresentou remissão total dos sintomas realacionados ao pseudotumor cerebral após cirurgia bariátrica.

An obese woman (body mass index of 50 kg/m²) with benign intracranial hypertension(cerebral pseudotumor) was treated clinically for several years without good results. the patient had total remission of her symptoms after gastric surgery for morbid obesity.