Bariatric surgery and its impact on pseudotumor cerebri: A case report.

PURPOSE: Pseudotumor cerebri is a debilitating condition that causes severe headaches and progressive visual field loss. In this report, we present a patient with Class III obesity, with pseudotumor cerebri who failed medical management and attempted weight loss via diet and exercise.

OBSERVATIONS: After undergoing bariatric surgery, the patient had significant weight loss and improvement of visual field defects.

CONCLUSION AND

IMPORTANCE

These results suggest that bariatric surgery may be an effective option for patients with rapidly progressing visual loss due to pseudotumor cerebri.