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The objective of the present investigation is to determine if a cohort of radiologically suspected iNPH patients presents the clinical landmarks of this condition, and to estimate the economic burden of these potentially missed diagnoses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We recorded age, sex, reason to access emergency rooms of our community hospitals, values of Evans' Index, callosal Angle, presence of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus and obvious ventricular enlargement. We telephoned the patients who presented at least two radiological signs of iNPH and administered the idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus grading scale (iNPHGS), to assess the severity of signs and symptoms linked to iNPH, to understand if a strong radiological suspect had a clinical correlation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Among the 308 brain computed tomography scans of a week, a total of 21 agreed to be enrolled in the present investigation. When administering iNPHGS questionnaire to radiologically suspected iNPH, 17\/21 patients (80.1%) scored \u22651 in at least two of the three iNPHGS subscales. The scores of the three subscales were strongly associated to each other. The estimated monthly and yearly health-related costs may be EUR 4'799'440 and 57.59 million of Euros, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>There is an association between the radiological features of iNPH and the scores of iNPHGS. 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