title: [Communicating hydrocephalus disclosing neurosyphilis].
abstract: A case of normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with neurosyphilis is reported. The outcome was favourable after penicillin therapy and subtraction of CSF.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eymard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pierrot-Deseilligny
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunet
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins
vernacular_title: Hydrocéphalie communicante révélatrice d'une neurosyphilis.