Levothyroxine therapy associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

Sonographic Assessment of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter and Its Correlation with CSF Opening Pressure in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

“…But unilateral or bilateral 6th cranial nerve palsy is expected secondary to raised intracranial pressure. Previous studies by Corbett et al, Radhakrishnan et al, and Mezaal and Saadah reported unilateral or bilateral 6th cranial nerve palsy and occurrence varied from 17% to 33% in those studies [10,17,18].…”

“…The study by Glueck et al, reported a series of 65 women with IIH in which 24 (37%) were taking oral contraceptive or exogenous estrogens [16]. Hannah Massey et al 168 reported a case of IIH associated with levothyroxine therapy [17]. Total 11 such cases are reported in literature till now.…”