Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with cauda equina neurinoma.
A 65-year-old woman with normal pressure hydrocephalus experienced improved gait and hydrocephalus following surgical resection of a cauda equina neurinoma. Fibrinogen, detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, may be involved in the pathophysiological process of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Ohta
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Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Gotoh
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Amano
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Obara
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery