What are the causes of hydrocephalus?
Hydrocephalus may develop in the womb or after birth as a result of a congenital defect. Congenital defects are not necessarily hereditary but are the result of something that goes wrong during the development of the fetus. This includes the condition known as spina bifida. It may also result from complications associated with premature birth or it may develop at some later time in one’s life as a result of haemorrhaging, trauma, tumour growth, meningitis or other factors. When hydrocephalus occurs after birth it is called acquired hydrocephalus. • Aqueductal Stenosis (Obstruction) This is the most common form of congenital hydrocephalus • Arachnoid Cysts • Dandy-Walker Syndrome • Head Trauma • Intraventricular Haemorrhage • Meningitis • Spina Bifida • Tumours Among the acquired hydrocephalus, one of the forms can appear to people of more than 60 years old: the normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). It causes a widening of ventricles cerebral without notable increase in the intracranial
