Hydrocephalus in infants in sub-Saharan Africa is thought to be caused most often by meningitis-type infections during the first month of life. The U.S. and Ugandan researchers looked at the fluid ...

"Hydrocephalus in infants in developing countries is a grand medical mystery," said Steven Schiff, the Brush Chair professor of engineering and director, Penn State Center for Neural Engineering.

The baby's head measured 50 cm in circumference (more than the 99th percentile). His anterior fontanel bulged, and there was wide separation between the bones of all cranial sutures.

Congenital hydrocephalus, which has captured the public’s attention with the case of ‘Baby Klaus’ in Texas, is an excessive buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain that affects about 1 ...

Manjeri’s baby, only 6 months old, is restless; Aramazani cannot shut his eyes and has the vacant stare of the dead. Manjeri says Aramazani’s head began to swell a few weeks ago.

Of the newborns that survived the sepsis infection, many developed post-infectious hydrocephalus. In 400 cases of hydrocephalus in infants, 44% of postinfectious cases had PCR confirmation of ...

Of the newborns that survived the sepsis infection, many developed post-infectious hydrocephalus. In 400 cases of hydrocephalus in infants, 44 percent of postinfectious cases had PCR confirmation ...

Clinical manifestations in the fetus range from ultrasounds not revealing any abnormality to fetal death. Fetal ultrasounds may also reveal hydrocephalus, brain or hepatic calcifications ...

Of the newborns that survived the sepsis infection, many developed post-infectious hydrocephalus. In 400 cases of hydrocephalus in infants, 44 percent of postinfectious cases had PCR confirmation ...

Dear Dr. Douma: My 50-year-old mother had a shunt put in for normal pressure hydrocephalus four years ago. She had worsening short-term memory loss and finally we insisted on more ...