The Triad of Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus A Clinical Practice Case Report

An 89-year-old white male presented with memory impairment, slowness in responsiveness, and frequent falls over a two-year duration. Six months earlier, the patient was believed to have had a “dementia with parkinsonian features,” but showed no response to incrementing doses of both donepezil and ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lakhan, SE, Gross, K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CoAction Publishing 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21516243
http://dx.doi.org/10.4176/071112
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Sumario:An 89-year-old white male presented with memory impairment, slowness in responsiveness, and frequent falls over a two-year duration. Six months earlier, the patient was believed to have had a “dementia with parkinsonian features,” but showed no response to incrementing doses of both donepezil and carbidopa-levodopa. Urinary urgency was believed to have been due to prostate hypertrophy. A head CT with contrast revealed moderate ventriculomegaly in the setting of mild diffuse cortical atrophy. A diagnosis of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) was made.

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