Cirurgia bariátrica no tratamento do pseudotumor cerebral: relato de caso

Os autores relatam caso de paciente de 37 anos, obesa morbida com IMC (indice de massa corporal) de 50 kg/mg apresentando hipertensao intracraniana benigna (pseudotumor cerebral). tratada clinicamente por varios anos sem resposta satisfatoria, apresentou remissao total dos sintomas realacionados ao pseudotumor cerebral apos cirurgia bariatrica. 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.