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P4–134: Ventriculo–peritoneal shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective study
Author(s) -
Razay George,
Vreugdenhil Anthea,
Liddell John
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.05.1873
Subject(s) - normal pressure hydrocephalus , medicine , shunting , hydrocephalus , dementia , gait disturbance , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease
uation of memory, attention, language, praxias, orientation and executive function; neuropsychiatric exam; functional evaluation using Pfeffer’s scale of daily living activities and neuroimaging evaluation (cranial computerized tomography CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging MRI). Conclusions: All of the patients presented with cognitive and behavioral alterations, but in different degrees, dependent upon the following variables: intensity of the structural abnormalities in neuroimage exams; latency until the beginning of specific treatment with aciclovir, and others. Memory deficit pattern found in herpetic encephalitis resembles that observed in Korsakoff syndrome and in Alzheimer’s disease. Behavioral symptoms were compatible with Kluver-Bucy syndrome and resembled that observed in frontotemporal dementia. Neuroimaging exams showed asymmetric mesial temporal pathology in most of the cases with extension to the orbitofrontal areas in some cases.