0 an abnormal increase in the amount of fluid in the skull that results in an increase in pressure inside the skull and an increase in the size of the head: --
The mechanism underlying this change is unclear, although there is no evidence that increased cranial pressure, such is the case with hydrocephalus, is responsible.
However, in the case of obstructive hydrocephalus, usually due to a tumour, progress is rapid and confusion, obtundation and coma occur early.
There are compelling, beneficence-based ethical reasons for concluding that continuing existence of fetuses with isolated hydrocephalus is in their interest.
Physicians reported 22 such cases, all of which involved newborns with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Venrriculo-pentoneal shunts were required in four patients for progressive hydrocephalus or to relieve the pressure effects of intraventricular hemorrhage.
Obliteration of the subarachnoid space and 'dangling' of the choroid plexus are observed in hydrocephalus.
Cognitive changes after cerebrospinal fluid shunting in young adults with spina bifida and assumed arrested hydrocephalus.
Surgical treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus may reduce quality adjusted survival and should only be undertaken within clinical trials.
