The woman, Jennie Willis, filed suit against her doctor for not telling her about her son's condition, maximal hydrocephalus, in time for her to consider an abortion.
I am so glad that Jane Brody wrote about normal pressure hydrocephalus in "A Brain Disorder Easily Missed" (Personal Health, May 26).
Seizures and hydrocephalus, in which CFS accumulates in the brain, leading to enlargement of the head, develop after several months.
The group was founded by a Brooklyn businessman named Michael Frischetti, after his young son was diagnosed with hydrocephalus in 1977, according to Kathy Soriano, the national vice president.
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) are the most commonly performed operative procedures to treat hydrocephalus in children.
Hydrocephalus in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a frequent cause of clinical deterioration.
This study presents preliminary findings of 109 cases of shunted hydrocephalus in children in a 3-year period.
Overall, 11 neuroimagings (25%) detected an abnormal finding, including hydrocephalus in VP shunt, brain tumors and cerebrovascular diseases.
The advantages of TCS in the management of hydrocephalus in adult have not been fully studied to date.
This study aims to evaluate the possible predictors for the development of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus in aSAH.
Central nervous system catheters are used to treat hydrocephalus in children and are the most common neurosurgical procedure performed in the United States.
