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Pseudopsychopathic syndrome in hydrocephalus: a case report and review
1Neurobehavior Unit, New Medico Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, Cortland, New York.
Neurosurgery
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 24-year-old man with a head injury developed a communicating hydrocephalus and underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunting. A revision was required, and the patient emerged from coma with severe behavior outbursts, which persisted for more than 1 year. Computed tomographic scans indicated a recurrence of low-pressure communicating hydrocephalus and a shunt revision was performed. The patient's severe behavior outbursts immediately decreased dramatically. The improvement continued long term and extended beyond the acute rehabilitation program.