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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively common disease of adulthood characterized by a typical combination of clinical and radiological findings. In this report, we discuss a 54-year-old female presenting with symptoms suggestive of NPH and found to have a history of human immunodeficien...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222676 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2528w |
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author | Regeti, Kalyani Khan, Rafay Jehangir, Waqas Zafar, Shoaib Yousif, Abdalla Sen, Shuvendu |
author_facet | Regeti, Kalyani Khan, Rafay Jehangir, Waqas Zafar, Shoaib Yousif, Abdalla Sen, Shuvendu |
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description | Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively common disease of adulthood characterized by a typical combination of clinical and radiological findings. In this report, we discuss a 54-year-old female presenting with symptoms suggestive of NPH and found to have a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. She was not treated as she was in denial state and developed NPH as a possible complication. In the literature, there has only been one reported case of HIV type 2 causing NPH; however, no relationship has been properly documented with HIV type 1. These findings bring about a question on whether NPH is associated or a complication of HIV with awareness of this association. Earlier screening of HIV can be done in patients presenting with such symptoms, thus to prevent further progression of its complications. |
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spelling | pubmed-48527812016-05-25 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient Regeti, Kalyani Khan, Rafay Jehangir, Waqas Zafar, Shoaib Yousif, Abdalla Sen, Shuvendu J Clin Med Res Case Report Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively common disease of adulthood characterized by a typical combination of clinical and radiological findings. In this report, we discuss a 54-year-old female presenting with symptoms suggestive of NPH and found to have a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. She was not treated as she was in denial state and developed NPH as a possible complication. In the literature, there has only been one reported case of HIV type 2 causing NPH; however, no relationship has been properly documented with HIV type 1. These findings bring about a question on whether NPH is associated or a complication of HIV with awareness of this association. Earlier screening of HIV can be done in patients presenting with such symptoms, thus to prevent further progression of its complications. Elmer Press 2016-06 2016-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4852781/ /pubmed/27222676 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2528w Text en Copyright 2016, Regeti et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Regeti, Kalyani Khan, Rafay Jehangir, Waqas Zafar, Shoaib Yousif, Abdalla Sen, Shuvendu Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title_full | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title_fullStr | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title_short | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Patient |
title_sort | normal pressure hydrocephalus in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222676 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2528w |
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