Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is caused by aqueductal stenosis resulting in syndrome of gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence. Late onset psychosis should be evaluated thoroughly to rule out any organic cause. We present the case of a female patient presenting with d...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, Shruti, Bhatia, Manjeet Singh, Gautam, Priyanka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26257493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.160948
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description Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is caused by aqueductal stenosis resulting in syndrome of gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence. Late onset psychosis should be evaluated thoroughly to rule out any organic cause. We present the case of a female patient presenting with delusions, gait disturbances, urinary incontinence in her 50s.
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spelling pubmed-45254422015-08-07 Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder Srivastava, Shruti Bhatia, Manjeet Singh Gautam, Priyanka Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is caused by aqueductal stenosis resulting in syndrome of gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence. Late onset psychosis should be evaluated thoroughly to rule out any organic cause. We present the case of a female patient presenting with delusions, gait disturbances, urinary incontinence in her 50s. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4525442/ /pubmed/26257493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.160948 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
title Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
title_full Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
title_fullStr Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
title_full_unstemmed Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
title_short Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as delusional disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26257493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.160948
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