Normal-pressure hydrocephalus and the saga of the treatable dementias

Journal Article · Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 1989 · JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430180119041· OSTI ID:6993969

Friedland, R P ^[1]

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1. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (USA)

A case study of a 74-year-old woman is presented which illustrates the difficulty of understanding dementing illnesses. A diagnosis of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) was made because of the development of abnormal gait, with urinary incontinence and severe, diffuse, white matter lesions on the MRI scan. Computed tomographic, MRI scans and positron emission tomographic images of glucose use are presented. The treatable dementias are a large, multifaceted group of illnesses, of which NPH is one. The author proposes a new term for this disorder commonly known as NPH because the problem with the term normal-pressure hydrocephalus is that the cerebrospinal fluid pressure is not always normal in the disease.

• OSTI ID: 6993969
• Journal Information: JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; (USA), Vol. 262:18; ISSN 0098-7484
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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