Shoplifting Associated With Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Report of a Case

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 fea tures of a dementia. Cerebrospinal fluid diversion by means of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt resulted in resolution of her symptoms. ( J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1990;3:229-230).

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