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Hydrocephalus

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Hydrocephalus is an active distension of the ventricular system of the brain resulting from inadequate passage of CSF from its point of production within the cerebral ventricles to its point of absorption into the systemic circulation. [ PMID:19410151 HPO:probinson PMID:18211712 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0020255
  • MSH:D006849
  • SNOMEDCT_US:230745008
comment

Hydrocephalus results from an imbalance between the rate of production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), mainly in the choroid plexus, and its reabsorption in the subarchnoid space over brain and spinal cord.

definition

Hydrocephalus is an active distension of the ventricular system of the brain resulting from inadequate passage of CSF from its point of production within the cerebral ventricles to its point of absorption into the systemic circulation.

has alternative id

HP:0007189, HP:0008503

has exact synonym

Too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, Nonsyndromal hydrocephalus, Hydrocephaly

id

HP:0000238