PET scan of a patient with iNPH. The imaging showed that focal decrease in metabolism in the bilateral medial, cingulate gyrus, parietal, insular, and caudate nuclei, bilateral thalamus, and midbrain, especially bilateral ventricles and the peripheral thi (IMAGE)

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PET scan of a patient with iNPH. The imaging showed that focal decrease in metabolism in the bilateral medial, cingulate gyrus, parietal, insular, and caudate nuclei, bilateral thalamus, and midbrain, especially bilateral ventricles and the peripheral thi

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This case demonstrates the efficacy of using multimodality approaches for iNPH diagnosis, which saves the patient time and clinical costs, worthy of further promotion.

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Xiuyun Liu, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Medical School, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.

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