Diagnostic difficulties due to atypical symptoms in normal pressure hydrocephalus. A case report;Problemy diagnostyczne nietypowych objawów w wodogłowiu normotensyjnym. Opis przypadku

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-251

  Fersten, Ewa ^a   Głowacki, Mariusz ^a   Walasek, Nestor ^a   Jurkiewicz, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Psychotic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REACTIVE DEPRESSION; SHUNTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644486357     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Hakim S., Adams R.D. The special clinical problem of symptomatic hydrocephalus with normal cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Observations on cerebrospinal fluid hydrodynamics. J Neurol Sci 1965; 2: 307-309.
2. Bamford C.R., Labadie E.L. Reversal of dementia in normotensive hydrocephalus after removal of a cauda equina tumor. Case report. J Neurosurg 1976; 45: 104-107.
3. Raftopoulos C., Deleval J., Chaskis C. i wsp. Cognitive recovery in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a prospective study. Neurosurgery 1994; 35: 397-405.
4. Iddon J.L., Pickard J.J., Cross P.D. i wsp. Specific patterns of cognitive impairment in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999; 67: 723-732.
5. Łuczywek E., Fersten E., Marszałek P. i wsp. Neuropsychologiczna analiza deficytów poznawczych w wodogłowiu normotensyjnym. Studia Psychol 1998; 36: 41-54.
6. Fersten E., Łuczywek E., Jurkiewicz J. i wsp. Ocena aktywności poznawczej osób z wodogłowiem niskociśnieniowym leczonych operacyjnie. Doniesienie wstepne. Neurol Neurochir Pol 1997; 31: 77-88.
7. Larsson A., Stephensen H., Wikkelso C. Adult patients with "asymptomatic" and "compensated" hydrocephalus benefit from surgery. Acta Neurol Scand 1999; 99: 81-90.
8. Vanneste J.A. Diagnosis and management of normal-pressure hydrocephalus. J Neurol 2000; 247: 5-14.
9. Fersten E., Łuczywek E., Głowacki M. i wsp. Zespół paranoidalny u chorego z guzem okolicy przedniej cześci spoidła mózgu. Opis przypadku. Neurol Neurochir Pol 2001; 35: 741-747.
10. Walsch K. Neuropsychologia kliniczna. PWN 1998.
11. Crockard H.A., Hanlon K., Duda E.E. i wsp. Hydrocephalus as a cause of dementia: evaluation by computerised tomography and intracranial pressure monitoring. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1977; 40: 736-740.
12. Price T. R., Tucker G.J. Psychiatric and behavioral manifestations of normal pressure hydrocephalus. A case report and brief review. J Nerv Ment Dis 1977; 164: 51-55.
13. Lying-Tunell U. Psychotic symptoms in normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1979; 59: 415-419.
14. Bech R. A., Juhler M. Unusual clinical manifestations of disturbed CSF dynamics in hydrocephalic children. Childs Nerv Syst 2000; 16: 446-449.
15. Nagaratnam N., Verma S., Nagaratnam K. i wsp. Psychiatric and behavioral manifestations of normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Br J Clin Pract 1994; 48: 122-124.
16. Villani R., Tomei G., Gaini S.M. i wsp. Long-term outcome in aqueductal stenosis. Childs Nerv Syst 1995; 11: 180-185.
17. Mataro M., Poca M.A., Sehuquillo J. i wsp. Cognitive changes after cerebrospinal fluid shunting in young adults with spina bifida and assumed arrested hydrocephalus. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000; 68: 615-621.
18. Iborra J., Pages E., Cuxart A. i wsp. Increased intracranial pressure in myelomeningocele (MMC) patients never shunted: results of a prospective preliminary study. Spinal Cord 2000; 38: 495-497.
19. Pisani A., Marra C., Silveri M.C. Anatomical and psychological mechanism of reduplicative misidentification syndromes. Neurol Sci 2000; 21: 324-328.
20. Hommet C., Billard C., Gillet P. i wsp. Neuropsychological and adaptive functioning in adolescents and young adults shunted for congenital hydrocephalus. J Child Neurol 1999; 14: 144-150.
21. Thompson N.M., Hecht J.T., Bohan T.P. i wsp. Neuroanatomic and neuropsychological outcome in school-age children with achondroplasia. Am J Med Genet 1999; 88: 145-153.