| Sudeepta Dandapat, Kuljeet Singh Anand, Bhupender Kumar Bajaj, Bharat Bhushan Sharma*
Department of Neurology and * Radiology, PGIMER and Dr. R.M.L. Hospital, New Delhi – 110001.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Kuljeet Singh Anand, Department of Neurology, PGIMER and Dr. R.M.L.Hospital, New Delhi – 110001. E-mail: kuljeet_anand@rediffmail.com
Abstract
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) usually occurs in people older than 60 years of age. It generally presents with gait disturbances, urinary incontinence and cognitive decline. The cognitive symptoms may mimic Alzheimer disease while the gait disturbance may mimic festinating gait of Parkinson disease. NPH is often misdiagnosed as one of these diseases. Since NPH can be reversed with shunt surgery, it must be correctly diagnosed.
Key words:
Hydrocephalus, normal pressure; dementia; gait apraxia; urinary incontinence.
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