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A case of normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as ventriculoperitoneal shunt-responsive dementia and choreodystonia

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This work was supported by the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Gumi, Republic of Korea

    Dong-Kyu Yeo

  2. Department of Neurology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, Republic of Korea

    Jung E. Park

  3. Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 04401, Republic of Korea

    Kyum-Yil Kwon

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Initial and follow-up videos of the patient. The patient (68-year-old woman) exhibited generalized chorea (neck, right upper extremity, and bilateral lower extremities), cervical dystonia (characterized as laterocollis with some retrocollis), and left upper extremity dystonia. Postural instability was also noted. Three weeks after the ventriculoperitoneal shunt operation, chorea and dystonia were found to be resolved and she was able to walk without assistance with only minimal difficulty, thought to be due to bilateral knee osteoarthritis. (AVI 9974 kb)

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Yeo, DK., Park, J.E. & Kwon, KY. A case of normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as ventriculoperitoneal shunt-responsive dementia and choreodystonia. Neurol Sci 39, 1643–1646 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3451-x

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