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Case Reports
. 1990 Oct-Dec;3(4):229-30.
doi: 10.1177/089198879000300409.

Shoplifting associated with normal-pressure hydrocephalus: report of a case

A W McIntyre  1 , R A Emsley
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Shoplifting associated with normal-pressure hydrocephalus: report of a case

A W McIntyre et al. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1990 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman who had been apprehended for shoplifting was found to have normal-pressure hydrocephalus due to aqueduct stenosis. We ascribe the shoplifting to impairment of social judgment, which was one of the observed features of a dementia. Cerebrospinal fluid diversion by means of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt resulted in resolution of her symptoms.

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