[Considerations on low pressure hydrocephalus].
The physiopathological conditions of the normal pressure hydrocephalus syndrome are analysed. Within a group of 21 patients with clinical sintomathology pertaining this entity, only were 10 selected with a clinical, radiological and cisternografic indubitable diagnosis. It has been noticed that in spite of the stricked selection only a 50% of them have been beneficed by the application of a low pressure valve. Then, the hypothesis that the disease is a multicausal syndrome appears, which by an identical physiopathologic process produces or exhibits a similar clinical, radiological and cisternographic picture. Only those patients on whom the mechanical problem is solved would be beneficed by neurosurgery.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
Consideraciones sobre el hidrocéfalo de baja presión