Shunt-responsive dementing illness in a Nigerian--a case report.
Dementia is a growing medico-social problem worldwide because of the rising population of the elderly. About 10-30% of the cases have been found to be treatable or reversible with the improvement in neuro-diagnostic and neuro-imaging techniques. These reversible cases should be diagnosed without over-investigating the many patients with irreversible disease. We present a case of a reversible dementia due to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus with dramatic surgical therapeutic response.
Komolafe
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Department of Surgery and Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, P. M. B. 5538, Ile-lfe, Osun State, Nigeria.
Malomo
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Ogunniyi
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Shokunbi
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Odebode
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Adeolu
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020937:Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt