Hakim triad

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The Hakim triad describes the main symptoms of a chronic increase in intracranial pressure, primarily caused by hydrocephalus . The symptoms described by Colombian neurosurgeon Solomon Hakim are as follows:

Dementia ("curable", reversible dementia)
Urinary incontinence
Gait disorder

The Hakim triad can be observed particularly in so-called normal pressure hydrocephalus .

proof

RD Adams: Symptomatic occult hydrocephalus with normal cerebrospinal fluid pressure. A treatable syndrome. In: N Engl J Med. July 15, 1965, 273, pp. 117-126. PMID 14303656