Four-and-a-half-year Follow-up of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patient Treated with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- Author:
Junga KWON
1
;
Kyunghun KANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Hydrocephalus; Cognitive dysfunction; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- MeSH: Aged; Follow-Up Studies; Frontal Lobe; Gait; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure; Memory; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2018;36(1):22-26
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: A 68-year-old man presented with progressive impairment of gait, balance, and memory. He exhibited a slow and unstable gait. Formal neuropsychological evaluation showed a deficit in visuospatial function and memory with frontal dysfunctions. He was diagnosed as idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with an Evans' ratio of 0.35. Four-and-a-half years after ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, he showed a marked improvement in gait, as well as in visuospatial and frontal lobe functions. He benefited from shunt surgery for at least four-and-a-half years.
