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Michael S. Fedotin, MD
Duke University Durham, NC

JAMA. 1970;212(4):628.

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To the Editor.—

A young woman with excess vitamin A intake presented with headache, diploplia, and papilledema which regressed when the taking of the vitamin was stopped. This is an unusual case in an adult, with pseudotumor cerebri as the only manifestation of hypervitaminosis.

Report of a Case.—

An 18-year-old female student entered the Ohio State University Hospital on Dec 3, 1968, complaining of double vision and headaches. For the previous three months, she had noted nonspecific generalized headaches. One month prior to admission, she noted the onset of a rubbing noise in her right ear and peripheral visual difficulty. Five days before admission she developed persistent diploplia and papilledema. There were no other symptoms.

Vitamin A tablets, 50,000 units three times a day, had been prescribed four years previously. She had a mild case of acne and was given tetracycline intermittently during this four-year period. She had been taking . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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