Parkinsonism--dementia complex, hydrocephalus and Paget's disease.

Abstract

A 65-year-old female patient with Paget's disease displayed dementia, a bilateral Parkinsonian syndrome, gait ataxia, bilateral grasp reflex of the feet, urinary incontinence and a left hemicerebellar syndrome. She had a marked basilar impression; the radionuclide cisternogram was suggestive of a communicating hydrocephalus with ventricular dilatation. After a shunting procedure there was improvement in both neurological and mental function.

• Authors: M I Botez, G Bertrand, J Léveillé, L Marchand
• Journal: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (Can J Neurol Sci) Vol. 4 Issue 2 Pg. 139-42 (May 1977) ISSN: 0317-1671 [Print] England
• PMID: 851913 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
• Dementia (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrocephalus (etiology, surgery)
• Osteitis Deformans (complications)
• Parkinson Disease (etiology)
• Skull