Name
HYDROCEPHALUS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. INFECTION - CYSTICERCOSIS - ARACHNOIDITIS - PARTIALLY TREATED SUPPURATIVE MENINGITIS - TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS - SYPHILIS - FUNGAL MENINGITIS ( ASPERGILLUS, COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS ) - VIRAL MENINGITIS ( MUMPS ) - SALMONELLA INFECTION - NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES - ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII - BRUCELLA - SARCOIDOSIS - HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME - PARASITIC INFECTION 2. NON INFECTIOUS CAUSES - SLE - EXOGENOUS CHEMICAL MENINGITIS - NEOPLASTIC DISEASE LIKE LYMPHOMA, LEUKEMIA , METASTATIC CARCINOMA 3. SPACE OCCUPYING TUMORS 4. CEREBRO-VASCULAR ACCIDENTS - SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTRY THROMBOSIS ( ACUTE PRESENTATION ) - INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGE DUE TO HYPERTENSION OR ANEURYSMAL BURST - SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE - 5. OTHERS - ACHONDROPLASIA ( RARE ) - COCKAYNE SYNDROME - OSTEOGENESIS INPERFECTA - SYRINGOMYELIA WITH HYDROCEPHALUS - NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS -
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
MONTOUX TEST, CT SCAN HEAD, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI HEAD & SPINE, CSF EXAMINATION, CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY
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