Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal ...

The best chance of recovery from normal pressure hydrocephalus comes if it is diagnosed early and treated properly. The most common treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus, according to the ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition in which too much fluid builds up in the brain. The name comes from a combination from Greek words meaning “water” and “head.” “Congenital” means a person ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition that occurs when fluid builds up in the skull and causes the brain to swell. The name means “water on the brain.” Learn more.

Billy Joel, 76, revealed Friday that he is bowing out of his 2025 tour because he has been diagnosed with the brain condition normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).

Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Neuroscience, 2022; 25 (4): 458 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01043-3 ...

Ann Marie Flannery, M.D. et al. Foreword: Pediatric hydrocephalus: systematic literature review and evidence-based guidelines. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, October 2014 DOI: 10.3171/2014.8 ...

MRI showed hydrocephalus but no localized gadolinium-enhancing lesions. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose was 36 mg/dL with 15 white cells, all of which were lymph.

First reports of hydrocephalus as a complication of congenital Zika syndrome have led to recommendations that monitoring for this condition be part of the standard care of infants exposed to ZIka.