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Purpose: Clinical and neuroimaging findings, aetiologies, treatment modalities and durations, response to treatment, and neurological sequelae of the patients diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri were reviewed. Materials and Methods: A total of 27 patients who followed up in the Department of Pediatric Neurology at Çukurova Medical Faculty between June 2015 and May 2018 were included in this study. Age, gender distribution, anthropometric measurements, cerebrospinal fluid pressures, neurological, ophthalmologic, neuroimaging and neurological sequelae findings, treatment modalities and durations, response to therapy of 27 patients were reviewed retrospectively.  Results: Mean cerebrospinal fluid pressure was 43.29.1cmH2O. The most frequent cause in aetiology were obesity (33.3%), iron deficiency anemia (18.5%) and venous sinus thrombosis (14.8%). All patients were treated with acetazolamid, 59.3% patients received only acetazolamid and 25.9% of patients received combined therapy with acetazolamide and topiramate and 14.8% of patients received combined therapy with acetazolamide and steroids. Of the patients, 25 had excellent neurological and ophtalmological outcome with medical treatment. Conclusion: The most frequently-seen neurological sequelae in pseudotumor cerebri is permanent visual impairment This irreversible situation affects the whole life of child. Therefore it is quite important to think about the diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri for the children with complaints of headache, visual impairment and diplopia, and to subject them to treatment quickly and properly.