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- Title
HIDROCEFALIA CU PRESIUNE NORMALĂ. PREZENTARE DE CAZ.
- Authors
SĂCELEANU, VICENŢIU; RADU, DANIELA; SĂCELEANU, ADRIANA
- Abstract
Normal-pressure hydrocephalus is a curable neurological disease, described by Adams and Hakim in 1965, characterized by gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, dementia or cognitive disorders that occur generally in the sixth and seventh decades of life. It has diverse etiology: post subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic after posterior fossa surgery, stenosis of aqueduct of Sylvius. In 60% of cases, no cause is identified. Imaging reveals enlargement of the lateral ventricles with compression or thinning of the corpus callosum. Hakim and Adams (1965) offered the hypothesis of "hydraulic press" to explain the enlargement of the ventricles. They said that the process begins with an initial period of increased intraventricular pressure, leading to ventricular dilatation. After the pressure returns to normal, the pulsation of the cephalorachidian fluid acts on a large area of the ventricular walls, as an increased downforce.
- Publication
Acta Medica Transilvanica, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 2, p64
- ISSN
1453-1968
- Publication type
Article