Hydrocephalus

• how is hydrocephalus caused?

  excessive amount of CSF in the ventricles
• two things hydrocephalus can be

  congenital or acquired
• symptoms of hydrocephalus


  - cranial size is enlarged

  - scalp veins distended

  - skin of scalp is skin, fragile, shiny

  - neck muscles underdeveloped

  - decreased intellectual capabilities
• what causes hydrocephallus?


  large amount of CSF to accumulate when the reabsorptive capacity of the arachnoid villi decreases
• least cause if hydrocephalus

  overproduction of CSF
• treatment if hydrocephalus


  surgery in which a shunt is inserted to divert excess fluid