title: Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with cauda equina neurinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Obara
mesh_terms: 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