Senile dementia and hydrocephalus due to carotid dolichoectasia.
A 65-year-old hypertensive man presented with progressive dementia, and bilateral lower limb weakness. Computerised tomography revealed carotid arterial dolichoectasia and hydrocephalus. This uncommon entity may constitute another form of surgically treatable dementia in the elderly.
D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed