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normal pressure hydrocephalus


Hakim-Adams syndrome

  • clinical triad: dementia, ataxia, urinary incontinence
  • CSF flow over convexities obstructed

  • etiology:
    • subarachnoid hemorrhage
    • infection
    • previous trauma
    • idiopathic
    • neoplasm

  • NM cisternogram:
    • absent or delayed passage of tracer over convexities
    • ventricular reflux of tracer with persistence


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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