Subacute spongiform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) Associated with normal-pressure hydrocephalus anatomoclinical report of one case
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Acta Neurochirurgica
- Vol. 51 (3-4) , 227-232
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01406749
Abstract
Summary The occurrence of two different dementing diseases, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and normal-pressure hydrocephalus in a single patient is described. The inefficacy of a shunt procedure in this particular case, and the need of a brain biopsy in patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus before undergoing cerebrospinal fluid shunting are stressed. A purely coincidental occurrence, or a possible aetiopathogenic relationship between both diseases are postulated.Keywords
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