Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as Parkinson's syndrome

Abstract

Although extrapyramidal features in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) are not uncommon, Presentations with Parkinson's syndrome as the predominant feature are rare and may give rise to diagnostic difflculties. Failure of patients with parkinsonism to respond to therapy, should alert one to the possibility of NPH. © The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 1987.