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Query: UMLS:C0752347 (
Dementia with Lewy bodies
)
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An 87-year-old woman had both
Lewy body dementia
and normal pressure hydrocephalus simultaneously. One should not automatically exclude the possibility of normal pressure hydrocephalus simply because another neurodegenerative disorder is present, especially if the second disorder masks typical symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus. Better identification of
dual diagnosis
patients could lead to improvements in gait and incontinence following ventriculoperitoneal or lumboperitoneal shunting, even if the natural history of the other neurodegenerative disease remains unchanged.
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PMID:Normal pressure hydrocephalus co-existing with a second dementia disorder. 1872 10
