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Introduction: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) shows a typical clinical triad consisting of gait disturbance, dementia, and urinary incontinence, often combined with ventriculomegaly. Fortunately, these clinical manifestations are potentially reversible by adequate surgical treatment. Men affected by Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) harbor cognitive problems, those include impairments in both verbal and nonverbal memory, and in executive functions, which could be related to Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Although correlation between chromosomic disorders and iNPH has been described in Down Syndrome, to our knowledge direct association between iNPH and KS has never been discussed in the literature. We first described a case of iNPH in a patient with KS. The relevant literature and clinical implications are also discussed.
Case Report: A 62-year-old-man genetically diagnosed with KS had 1 year history of gait ataxia determining recurrent falls. He also developed progressive cognitive impairment leading to the impossibility to perform everyday activities. His magnetic resonance (MR) scan showed ventriculomegaly.
A positive lumbar infusion test was then obtained. With this evidence the patient underwent shunt surgery. At one month follow-up the patient had a significant improvement of the ataxia, and he was able to walk with help.
Conclusion: KS is the most frequent chromosomal aberration in men, and besides infertility, it can manifest also with cognitive and neurological disfunctions. When these symptoms appear, even if at a younger age than usual, diagnosis of iNPH in those patients should be suspected and investigated. Indeed, its treatment can lead to an opportunity to improve their life quality. Informed consent to publish has been obtained by the patient.
Introduction: Drug combination products pose the chance to overcome limitations of conventional medical devices. For example, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) coated on stents, help to prevent stent restenosis. While medical devices mainly made of polymeric, metal or ceramic materials can be considered robust, many APIs are of limited stability because of sensitivity to heat, oxygen and moisture. The limited stability of the APIs limits the shelf life of the medical device itself and poses a challenge during transportation and storage. Sterile barrier systems for conventional medical devices mainly have to make the sterilization process possible and afterwards assure sterility. Additionally, a sterile barrier of a medical device drug combination product has to protect the APIs over shelf life.
Methods: Various packaging designs for medical devices are available today. Different sterile barrier systems and suitable sterilization methods have been evaluated and compared to each other, regarding their potential to improve the stability of APIs incorporated in medical devices.
Results: There is no perfect sterile barrier available that fulfils all requirements and should be recommended in general, today. Each packaging design is associated with individual limitations as well as individual advantages. Depending on the requirements as defined by the medical device and the incorporated APIs, it is possible to recommend a suitable sterile barrier system and sterilization method.
Conclusions: Adding an API to an established medical device is likely to change the requirements regarding a suitable sterile barrier. By selecting a suitable combination of sterile packaging and sterilization process, the requirements of sterilizability and product protection of a medical device drug combinations product can be met.
Introduction: Limited information is available regarding the direct effect of drugs prescribed to elevate intracranial pressure in contrast to the abundance of evidence in support of medication utilized to lower intracranial pressure. Theophylline is a methylxanthine derivate used in the treatment of respiratory diseases with only a few randomized control trials or case reports describing pain improvement in low CSF pressure states or spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). We present the case of a recorded increase in intracranial pressure under Theophylline.
Methods: A retrospective record review of 38 brief, diagnostic cognitive assessments administered between November 2021 to February 2023 was conducted. Raw scores from the Rey-15 Item Test were obtained and categorised into two groups: valid effort or suspect effort. A cut off score of
Conclusions: We believe, that Hydroflex provides more continuity in the treatment of patients with hydrocephalus. It provides for a more standardized follow-up scheme, and we postulate that this will in turn lead to improved patient satisfaction and involvement and lead to fewer outpatient appointments.
Introduction: Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) disorder characterised by ventriculomegaly, cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, and gait apraxia. The role spinal pathology and CSF circulation in this disease remains elusive. Whilst NPH is known to coexist with other comorbidities there are only a few case reports up to date describing spinal tumors causing NPH like symptoms independently. We aim to report a small case series.
Methods: This is a retrospective case series study of patients presenting with NPH-like symptoms attributed to spinal pathology. Demographic, clinical, and radiological data were collected from each patient.
Conclusion: Spinal tumours are a rare cause of NPH and are often overlooked as a potential differential diagnosis. This case series serves as a reminder that rare causes of NPH should be considered. Nevertheless, it equally highlights a need for better understanding of the role of spinal CSF dynamics in the pathophysiology of this disease.
Introduction: The ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is the most commonly used and preferred procedure in the management of hydrocephalus. Various methods for the introduction and fixation of the distal catheter exist, and possible complications include malposition, obstruction, and less frequently, migration, which can be internal, external, or combined. In this report, we present two cases of internal migration.
Method: In the first case (C1), a 70-year-old patient with a history of Von Hippel Lindau disease underwent multiple surgeries for cerebellar and suprasellar hemangioblastomas. Twelve years after the placement of a VPS, the patient presented to the emergency department with mammary cellulitis adjacent to the distal catheter of the VPS, which did not improve with antibiotics. Attempted removal and relocation of the distal catheter to the left side proved challenging due to adhesions.
In the second case (C2), a 2-year-old patient with a history of bilateral communicating hydrocele and congenital hydrocephalus associated with a left retrocerebellar cyst underwent uneventful VPS placement. After 10 months, the patient presented to the emergency department with an exacerbation of the hydroceles, and a radiographic examination confirmed the presence of the distal catheter in the right scrotum.
Results: In C1, a thoracoabdominal tomography was performed, revealing intragastric positioning of the catheter. Endoscopic removal was necessary, and the patient received targeted antibiotic treatment based on commensal microbiota and P. mirabilis cultures, resulting in improvement. In C2, surgical intervention was performed for laparoscopic relocation of the distal catheter along with bilateral hydrocelectomy.
Conclusions: It is important to highlight that internal migration of the distal catheter in VPS is a rare but potentially serious complication due to the risk of intracranial infection, including meningitis, encephalitis, and/or ventriculitis. These two cases illustrate its clinical presentation and the challenges associated with its management. Informed consent to publish has been obtained.
Introduction: Although dopamine transporter imaging is considered to show no striatal dopaminergic deficit in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), there have been reported cases of NPH patients exhibiting striatal dopaminergic deficit on dopamine transporter imaging. However, the extent of gait improvement following a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tap test in NPH patients with striatal dopaminergic deficit has not been comprehensively investigated.
Conclusions: The findings from our preliminary study suggest that gait improvement can be achieved in more than half of NPH patients with striatal dopaminergic deficit as determined by 18F-FP-CIT PET. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to validate these results.
Introduction: Monitoring of intracranial pressure is a standard procedure in the intensive care treatment of patients with certain morbidities. The processing of the underlying raw data is not standardized. Post-processing of the data in monitor systems by averaging and/or filtering may lead to significant deviations. The purpose of this study is to compare monitor output and raw data and to examine the suitability of conventional values to serve as a basis for clinical decisions.
Methods: 39 patients from our ICU with intracranial hypertension (ICH) who had a complete 60-minute recording from 2 a.m. on the first day after probe implantation were included. ICP, BP, ECG, pulse oximetry, and various ventilation parameters were collected as raw data. Data were recorded at 100 Hz and automatically stored on a scientific server system. Similarly, the ICP output from the Draeger Infinity Delta XL system was recorded.
The starting point of each ICP signal for all 39 data sets was identified and synchronized. Then, ICP was determined for each heartbeat from each wave area integral. The data collected was then compared with the monitor output data.
Conclusions: The determination of the intracranial pressure using the area integral seems reasonable. The deviations shown in this study are probably due to the morphology of the pressure waves and the way they are processed by conventional monitoring systems.
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