Maladjustment of Pressure Settings of Programmable Shunt Valves by Weak Magnetic Fields – A Case Report

Abstract

The patient is a 53-year-old man with a triventricular hydrocephalus due to cerebri stenosis of aqueductus, diagnosed in January 2013 – randomly discovered via MRI because of a newly developed insecure gait without Hakim’s triad. Also, an increasing psychomotoric slowdown and affective flattening were described. A treatment with a left ventriculoperitoneal programmable Codman Hakim valve and a Miethke-shunt-assistant was selected.