Shunt-responsive dementing illness in a Nigerian--a case report
Komolafe, E.O.; Malomo, A.O.; Ogunniyi, A.; Shokunbi, M.T.; Odebode, T.O.; Adeolu, A.A.
West African Journal of Medicine 22(2): 197-198
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0189-160X PMID: 14529237 Document Number: 555882
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.