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Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with cauda equina neurinoma
Author(s) -
Ohta Kouichi,
Gotoh Fumio,
Amano Takahiro,
Obara Katsuyuki
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410270414
Subject(s) - hydrocephalus , cauda equina , normal pressure hydrocephalus , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , pathophysiology , communicating hydrocephalus , intracranial pressure , anatomy , surgery , pathology , spinal cord , dementia , disease , psychiatry
A 65‐year‐old woman with normal pressure hydrocephalus experienced improved gait and hydrocephalus following surgical resection of a cauda equina neurinoma. Fibrinogen, detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, may be involved in the pathophysiological process of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

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