Intracranial pressure in adult non-tumoral hydrocephalus

Intracranial pressure (ICP) was monitored continuously for 48 hours in four patients with different types of non-tumoral adult hydrocephalus and classificated according to ICP recordings. It is emphasized that ICP monitoring is essential in the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), since its possible to observe abnormal pressure recordings with morphological alterations which can be accompanied or not by periods of raised ICP. It is suggested that this method may help identify cases suitable for surgery.