Normal pressure hydrocephalus was first described in 1965. It’s important because it may cause one of the few forms of treatable dementia. As originally described, the hydrocephalus of NPH was ...

A 78-year-old male presented with a 4-year history of mild cognitive decline and a 10-year history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. According to his family, he seemed forgetful and slower in ...

A 75 year-old woman presented with gait difficulty, urinary incontinence and difficulty with concentration. Following this scan, the patient had a lumbar puncture that revealed an opening pressure of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 84-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with hydrocephalus after an MRI scan. I understand that there isn’t any treatment besides a shunt. Do you have any recommendations?

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Professor Kim Jae-ho of the Department of Neurology at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital delivered a presentation titled “Transcranial Focused ...

A 79 year-old woman presented with gait difficulty and falling. She was brought to the emergency room where she was noted to be confused. Communicating Hydrocephalus: Axial CT scans. Note that all the ...

Background An 80-year-old man with a 60 pack-year smoking habit, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia presented to a movement disorders clinic with a 30-month history of step-wise progression of ...

Risk factors for NPH include hypertension and diabetes. Krauss et al. (1996) cite a significant association between NPH and arterial hypertension. In addition, the investigators found a positive ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 84-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with hydrocephalus after an MRI scan. I understand that there isn’t any treatment besides a shunt. Do you have any recommendations?

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