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KMID : 1150320050010010061
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Journal of Korean Society of Geriatric Neurosurgery
2005 Volume.1 No. 1 p.61 ~ p.66
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Dementia in Neurological Field
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Rha Hyoung-Kyun
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Abstract
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Dementia a syndrome of acquired intellectual deterioration, is an etiologically nonspecific condition that can be permanent or reversible. Potentially reversible conditions may be identified in approximately 15% of patients referred for diagnostic evaluation of dementia. The most frequently observed conditions are depression, drugs metabolic disturbances, space-occupying lesions, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. The neurosurgical conditions that can be produce a reversible dementia syndrome are normal pressure hydrocephalus, subdural hematomas, intracranial tumors and cerebrovascular lesions. Coexistence of dementia and focal neurologic deficit usually indicate intracranial mass lesions . If normal pressure hydrocephalus is present, gait disturbance and incontinence is able to associated with dementia. The author briefly reviewed characteristic of the dementia in neurosurgical field based on author’s experience and some articles related to the dementia
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KEYWORD
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Dementia, Reversible condition, Normal pressure hydrocephalus, Intracranial mass, Cerebrovascular, lesion
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