Benign intracranial hypertension of obese women

The authors describe 7 cases of benign intracranial hypertention in obese women, 5 were taking oral contraceptive pills. A part from papilledema, the most common symptoms are visual disturbances; alone or accompanied by headache and /or diplopia. Correlation between obesity, oral contraceptive pills and BIH is discussed; stressing how this disease entity should be considered a distinct and not uncommon. OCP are actually a real danger especially because the injudicious widespread use of them. Finally; the authors report the results obtained associating dietery restrictions, discontinuation of OCP with antiedema agents