Senile dementia and hydrocephalus due to carotid dolichoectasia
Huang, C.; Chan, Y.W.; Wang, R.
Clinical and Experimental Neurology 19: 171-176
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0196-6383 PMID: 6568924 Document Number: 217357
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.