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Key facts

Medical condition.image

Hydrocephalus (cropped).jpg

Medical condition.caption

Hydrocephalus as seen on a CT scan of the brain. The black areas in the middle of the brain (the lateral ventricles) are abnormally large and filled with fluid.

Medical condition.field

neurosurgery

Medical condition.synonyms

Water on the brain

Medical condition.symptoms

Babies: rapid head growth, vomiting, sleepiness, seizuresOlder people: Headaches, double vision, poor balance, urinary incontinence, personality changes, mental impairment

Medical condition.causes

Neural tube defects, meningitis, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, brain bleed during birth, intraventricular hemorrhage

Medical condition.risks

Smoking

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on symptoms and medical imaging

Medical condition.treatment

Surgery

Medical condition.prognosis

Variable, often normal life

Medical condition.frequency

Varies throughout the world, from 1 per 256 live births to 1 per 9,000, depending on access to prenatal health care, prenatal tests, and abortion

via Wikipedia infobox

• Infant Hydrocephalus.Pediatrics in review · 2024
• Hydrocephalus: historical analysis and considerations for treatment.European journal of medical research · 2022
• Noncommunicating Hydrocephalus.Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR · 2016
• Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Subtypes.Neurosurgery clinics of North America · 2025
• Congenital Hydrocephalus.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 2016

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

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disease

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Hydrocephalic skull.jpg

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