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Hydrocephalus

When hydrocephalus develops in infancy before closure of the cranial sutures, there is enlargement of the head

Hydrocephalus

Obstruction of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid has caused the ventricles to expand, with a resultant increase in intracranial pressure. Dilated lateral ventricles seen in a coronal section through the mid-thalamus.

Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus. Obstruction of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid has caused the ventricles to expand, with a resultant increase in intracranial pressure. Obstructive hydrocephalus must be distinguished from hydrocephalus ex-vacuo, in which the ventricles expand to compensate for a loss of brain parenchyma.