Disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus (DESH) in normal pressure hydrocephalus misinterpreted as atrophy: autopsy and radiological evidence

Disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus (DESH) in normal pressure hydrocephalus misinterpreted as atrophy: autopsy and radiological evidence

Disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus (DESH), a feature of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), is often misinterpreted as cortical atrophy. We report a 67-year-old man with features of NPH but not diagnosed because radiographic findings were interpreted as cortical atrophy. A...

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Main Authors: Dickson, D.W (Author), Graff-Radford, N.R (Author), Jones, D.T (Author), McCarty, A.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2019
Subjects:
aged
Aged
Article
atrophy
Atrophy
autopsy
Autopsy
balance disorder
brain arachnoid
brain cortex atrophy
brain disease
Brain Diseases
brain ventricle dilatation
brain ventricle peritoneum shunt
case report
cerebrospinal fluid
clinical article
cognitive defect
DESH
diagnostic error
Diagnostic Errors
diagnostic imaging
disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus
FDG PET
fibrosis
fluorodeoxyglucose f 18
frontal lobe
gait
human
human tissue
Humans
hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
male
Male
MRI
normotensive hydrocephalus
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
pathology
positron emission tomography
subarachnoid space
Subarachnoid Space
superior parietal lobule
Sylvian fissure
tauopathy
ventriculoperitoneal shunting
vertebral canal stenosis
walking speed
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