The authors report on twelve years experience with so-called normal pressure hydrocephalus. If care is taken to make a correct diagnosis and give adequate treatment with a shunt, hydrocephalic dementia has a good prognosis. Such cases should be distinguished from other syndromes, particularly senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The occurrence of a syndrome of dementia should compel every neurologist and neurosurgeon to carry out careful investigations in order to determine the favourable time for possible treatment.
Normal-pressure hydrocephalus: Twelve years experience
LOCATELLI, DAVIDE
1986-01-01
Abstract
The authors report on twelve years experience with so-called normal pressure hydrocephalus. If care is taken to make a correct diagnosis and give adequate treatment with a shunt, hydrocephalic dementia has a good prognosis. Such cases should be distinguished from other syndromes, particularly senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The occurrence of a syndrome of dementia should compel every neurologist and neurosurgeon to carry out careful investigations in order to determine the favourable time for possible treatment.
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