Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus is a condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) occurs within the brain. This typically causes increased pressure inside the skull. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Fetal ventriculomegaly
Hydrocephaly
Subtypes
Atrophic hydrocephalus
Communicating nonabsorptive hydrocephalus
Massive hydrocephalus
Noncommunicating obstructive hydrocephalus
Unilateral hydrocephalus
May Cause
Abnormal contour of calvarium
Abnormal septum pellucidum
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
Congenital macrocephaly
Congenital skull defect
Enlarging head
Failure of fetal head to engage during labor
Frontal bossing
Incomplete ossification of cranial sutures
Increased cranial convolutional markings
Intracranial lesion in an infant
J-shaped sella turcica
Large sella turcica
Large ventricle in infant
Macrocephaly
Polyhydramnios
Separation of cranial sutures in a child
Wide sutures
Wormian bones
May Be Caused by
Aase-Smith syndrome
Abscess
Achondroplasia
Acrocallosal syndrome
Acrodysostosis
Acute meningitis
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
Aicardi syndrome
AIDS
Alcohol abuse
Alzheimer disease
Aminopterin fetopathy
Aminopterin-fetopathy-like syndrome
Amniotic band syndrome
Apert syndrome
Aplasia cutis congenita
Aqueductal stenosis
Arachnoid cyst
Arteriovenous malformation
Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia
Astrocytoma
Autosomal recessive hydrocephalus
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Basal arachnoiditis
Basilar artery aneurysm
Basilar artery ectasia
Basilar invagination
Beemer lethal malformation syndrome
Bobble-head doll syndrome
Brain neoplasm
Brain-stem edema
Caudal regression syndrome
Cephalocele
Cerebellopontine angle tumor
Cerebellum agenesis - hydrocephaly
Cerebral maldevelopment
Chemotherapy
Chiari II malformation
Chondrodysplasia-microphthalmia
Choroid plexus carcinoma
Choroid plexus papilloma
Chromosome syndrome
Chronic meningitis
Chudley-McCullough syndrome
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Cloverleaf skull deformity
Cockayne syndrome
Cole-Carpenter syndrome
Colloid cyst
Congenital aqueductal occlusion
Congenital aqueductal stenosis
Congenital cryptococcosis
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Cortical venous thrombosis
Costello syndrome
Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
Craniopharyngioma
Craniosynostosis - Dandy-Walker - hydrocephalus
Craniosynostosis - hydrocephalus - Chiari I malformation - radioulnar synostosis
CRASH syndrome
Crouzon syndrome
Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita
Cystinosis
Dandy-Walker malformation
Dandy-Walker syndrome
Developmental stenosis
Diencephalic syndrome
Dural sinus thrombosis
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
Dyssegmental dysplasia Rolland-Desbuquois type
Encephalitis
Encephalocele
Encephalomyelitis
Encephalopathy
Ependymoma
Epidermal nevus syndrome
Familial hydrocephalus
Familial renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia and Dandy-Walker cyst
Farber disease
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal cytomegalovirus infection
Fetal isotretinoin syndrome
Fetal toxoplasmosis infection
Fetal varicella infection
Fowler syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Fried syndrome
Fryns syndrome
Fukuyama-type muscular dystrophy
Fungal disease
Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Growth delay - hydrocephaly - lung hypoplasia
Hakim syndrome
HIV
Holoprosencephaly
Huntington disease
Hurler syndrome
Hydantoin
Hydranencephaly
Hydrocephalus - blue sclerae - nephropathy
Hydrocephalus - costovertebral dysplasia - Sprengel anomaly
Hydrocephalus - obesity - hypogonadism
Hydrocephaly - low-insertion umbilicus
Hydrocephaly - tall stature - joint laxity
Hydrolethalus syndrome
Hypertensive cerebral degenerative disease
Hypothalamic glioma
Idiopathic
Incontinentia pigmenti
Infant of diabetic mother
Intracranial mass
Intraventricular glioma
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Intraventricular meningioma
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
Jones syndrome
Kabuki syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Lissencephaly
Lissencephaly syndrome
Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectasia syndrome
Mannosidosis
Marijuana
Meckel syndrome
Medulloblastoma
Meningioma
Meningomyelocele
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Metatropic dysplasia
Midbrain hemorrhage
Midbrain neoplasm
Miller-Dieker syndrome
MPPH syndrome
Mucolipidosis type 4
Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6
Mulibrey nanism
Multi-infarct dementia
Multiple sclerosis
Mutchinick syndrome
Nasal-facial-digital syndrome
Neu-Laxova syndrome
Neurocutaneous melanosis sequence
Normal aging
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Open neural tube defect
Optic chiasm glioma
Orofaciodigital syndrome type 1
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopetrosis
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2
Peters-plus syndrome
Pfeiffer syndrome
Pick disease
Pineal teratoma
Pinealoma
Pituitary adenoma
Port-wine nevi - mega cisterna magna - hydrocephalus
Posthemorrhagic
Postinflammatory
Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
Pseudotrisomy 13 syndrome
Quadrigeminal cistern arachnoid cyst
Radiation therapy
Rhombencephalosynapsis
Rieger syndrome
Riley-Day syndrome
Ritscher-Shinzel syndrome
Roberts syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Sotos syndrome
Steroid medication
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subdural hematoma
Suprasellar arachnoid cyst
Tentorial meningioma
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Trauma
Triploidy
Trisomy 13
Trisomy 18
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Tumefactive multiple sclerosis
Vascular lesion
VATER association and hydrocephalus
Vein of Galen aneurysm
Ventriculitis
Vitamin A intoxication
Walker-Warburg syndrome
X-linked hydrocephalus
Zellweger syndrome
Fetal ventriculomegaly
Hydrocephaly
Aase-Smith syndrome
Abscess
Achondroplasia
Acrocallosal syndrome
Acrodysostosis
Acute meningitis
Agenesis of the corpus callosum
Aicardi syndrome
AIDS
Alcohol abuse
Alzheimer disease
Aminopterin fetopathy
Aminopterin-fetopathy-like syndrome
Amniotic band syndrome
Apert syndrome
Aplasia cutis congenita
Aqueductal stenosis
Arachnoid cyst
Arteriovenous malformation
Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia
Astrocytoma
Autosomal recessive hydrocephalus
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Basal arachnoiditis
Basilar artery aneurysm
Basilar artery ectasia
Basilar invagination
Beemer lethal malformation syndrome
Bobble-head doll syndrome
Brain neoplasm
Brain-stem edema
Caudal regression syndrome
Cephalocele
Cerebellopontine angle tumor
Cerebellum agenesis - hydrocephaly
Cerebral maldevelopment
Chemotherapy
Chiari II malformation
Chondrodysplasia-microphthalmia
Choroid plexus carcinoma
Choroid plexus papilloma
Chromosome syndrome
Chronic meningitis
Chudley-McCullough syndrome
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Cloverleaf skull deformity
Cockayne syndrome
Cole-Carpenter syndrome
Colloid cyst
Congenital aqueductal occlusion
Congenital aqueductal stenosis
Congenital cryptococcosis
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Cortical venous thrombosis
Costello syndrome
Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
Craniopharyngioma
Craniosynostosis - Dandy-Walker - hydrocephalus
Craniosynostosis - hydrocephalus - Chiari I malformation - radioulnar synostosis
CRASH syndrome
Crouzon syndrome
Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita
Cystinosis
Dandy-Walker malformation
Dandy-Walker syndrome
Developmental stenosis
Diencephalic syndrome
Dural sinus thrombosis
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
Dyssegmental dysplasia Rolland-Desbuquois type
Encephalitis
Encephalocele
Encephalomyelitis
Encephalopathy
Ependymoma
Epidermal nevus syndrome
Familial hydrocephalus
Familial renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia and Dandy-Walker cyst
Farber disease
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal cytomegalovirus infection
Fetal isotretinoin syndrome
Fetal toxoplasmosis infection
Fetal varicella infection
Fowler syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Fried syndrome
Fryns syndrome
Fukuyama-type muscular dystrophy
Fungal disease
Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Growth delay - hydrocephaly - lung hypoplasia
Hakim syndrome
HIV
Holoprosencephaly
Huntington disease
Hurler syndrome
Hydantoin
Hydranencephaly
Hydrocephalus - blue sclerae - nephropathy
Hydrocephalus - costovertebral dysplasia - Sprengel anomaly
Hydrocephalus - obesity - hypogonadism
Hydrocephaly - low-insertion umbilicus
Hydrocephaly - tall stature - joint laxity
Hydrolethalus syndrome
Hypertensive cerebral degenerative disease
Hypothalamic glioma
Idiopathic
Incontinentia pigmenti
Infant of diabetic mother
Intracranial mass
Intraventricular glioma
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Intraventricular meningioma
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
Jones syndrome
Kabuki syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Lissencephaly
Lissencephaly syndrome
Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectasia syndrome
Mannosidosis
Marijuana
Meckel syndrome
Medulloblastoma
Meningioma
Meningomyelocele
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Metatropic dysplasia
Midbrain hemorrhage
Midbrain neoplasm
Miller-Dieker syndrome
MPPH syndrome
Mucolipidosis type 4
Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6
Mulibrey nanism
Multi-infarct dementia
Multiple sclerosis
Mutchinick syndrome
Nasal-facial-digital syndrome
Neu-Laxova syndrome
Neurocutaneous melanosis sequence
Normal aging
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Open neural tube defect
Optic chiasm glioma
Orofaciodigital syndrome type 1
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopetrosis
Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2
Peters-plus syndrome
Pfeiffer syndrome
Pick disease
Pineal teratoma
Pinealoma
Pituitary adenoma
Port-wine nevi - mega cisterna magna - hydrocephalus
Posthemorrhagic
Postinflammatory
Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
Pseudotrisomy 13 syndrome
Quadrigeminal cistern arachnoid cyst
Radiation therapy
Rhombencephalosynapsis
Rieger syndrome
Riley-Day syndrome
Ritscher-Shinzel syndrome
Roberts syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Sotos syndrome
Steroid medication
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subdural hematoma
Suprasellar arachnoid cyst
Tentorial meningioma
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Trauma
Triploidy
Trisomy 13
Trisomy 18
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Tumefactive multiple sclerosis
Vascular lesion
VATER association and hydrocephalus
Vein of Galen aneurysm
Ventriculitis
Vitamin A intoxication
Walker-Warburg syndrome
X-linked hydrocephalus
Zellweger syndrome