NR AEJR
AU Galvez,S.; Ferrer,S.; Cartier,L.R.; Palma,A.
TI Subacute spongiform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) associated with normal-pressure hydrocephalus Anatomoclinical report of one case
QU Acta Neurochirurgica 1980; 51(3-4): 227-32
PT journal article
AB The occurrence of two different dementing diseases, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and normal-pressure hydrocephalus in a single patient is described. The inefficacy of a shunt procedure in this particular case, and the need of a brain biopsy in patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus before undergoing cerebrospinal fluid shunting are stressed. A purely coincidental occurrence, or a possible aetiopathogenic relationship between both diseases are postulated.
MH Adult; Brain/pathology; Case Report; Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*complications/pathology; Human; Hydrocephalus/*complications; Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure/*complications/pathology/surgery; Male
SP englisch
PO Österreich