External hydrocephalus in children
External hydrocephalus (EH) is a benign, self-healing disease that occurs in infancy. With the development of neuroimaging, it has been found that some infants with large heads have widened subarachnoid spaces in the bilateral frontal or frontal regions, with no or only mild ventricular enlargement, and the enlarged subarachnoid spaces slowly disappear after 2 to 3 years of age. This phenomenon is called EH, also known as benign subarachnoid enlargement, benign subdural effusion in infants, extraventricular obstructive hydrocephalus, extracerebral hydrocephalus, etc., which belongs to pseudohydrocephalus.
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Site of disease:
Brain
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Infectious :
Not contagious
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Frequent population:
The age of onset is 1 to 1.5 years old, and the anterior fontanelle is not...
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Related symptoms:
Convulsions
late closure of the fontanelle
increased tension of the anterior fontanelle
enlarged head
irritability