title: Evaluation of brain SPECT in the diagnosis and prognosis of the normal pressure hydrocephalus syndrome.
abstract: From January 1989 to September 1990 fourteen patients with the Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) syndrome were diagnosed in our Service. All patients were studied by CT-Scan, Radionuclide Cisternography and brain Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT). In this series, the predictive value of the brain SPECT was assessed. A statistically significant relationship between SPECT patterns and clinical outcome was found. The patients who showed a Dementia Alzheimer Type (DAT) pattern on SPECT had worse results. The results are discussed and compared with those reported by other authors.
authors.affiliation: Service of Neurosurgery, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Granado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alday
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed