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What does hydrocephalus mean?

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  1. (medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue
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These conditions include stroke, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and many other conditions.
Sometimes, the large head size reflects hydrocephalus and requires surgery.
The amount of intraventricular haematic density and hydrocephalus were associated to cognitive impairment and to delirium.
About 90 percent of children with the most severe form of spina bifida develop hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.
Patients with neurologic diseases such as hydrocephalus and meningitis may also present with persistent vomiting.
A precautionary magnetic resonance scan showed a meningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformation, gross hydrocephalus, and a normal fourth ventricle.

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