[Syringomyelia and normal pressure hydrocephalus (author's transl)].
A case of syringomyelia with coexisting hydrocephalus is reported and a pathogenic relationship between both conditions is discussed. Gardner proposed that anomalies at the exit of the fourth ventricle produce a communicating syringomyelia. Hakim and Adams maintain that normal pressure hydrocephalus can aggravate this condition by a hydraulic pressure effect which can be stopped by the insertion of a ventriculoatrial shunt with improvement in the clinical picture. This has been our experience in the case reported.
D000328:Adult; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray
Syringomyelie und Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus