Open AccessNormal pressure hydrocephalus and cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a set of diseases or the unity of pathogenesis?
Author(s) -
Е. Г. Менделевич
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nevrologiâ, nejropsihiatriâ, psihosomatika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2310-1342
pISSN - 2074-2711
DOI - 10.14412/2074-2711-2020-6-104-109
Subject(s) - cerebral amyloid angiopathy , ventriculomegaly , medicine , hydrocephalus , magnetic resonance imaging , pathogenesis , normal pressure hydrocephalus , disease , angiopathy , neuroimaging , pathology , radiology , dementia , psychiatry , endocrinology , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics , diabetes mellitus
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is cerebral ventriculomegaly characterized by a wide range of controversial issues related to the prevalence of the disease, the mechanisms of its development, and nosological independence. Developing in old age, NTH is often concurrent with other neurodegenerative or cerebrovascular diseases, posing certain diagnostic difficulties. The paper describes a clinical case of a patient initially diagnosed with NTH, followed by amyloid angiopathy signs detected during magnetic resonance imaging after bypass surgery. It discusses the diagnostic features of NTH and amyloid angiopathy and the possible common mechanisms of these diseases.