title: [Hydrocephalus in infancy. Normal cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, hydrocephalus--causes--therapy--lethality--prognosis].
abstract: This article begins with a description of physiological and pathophysiological knowledge of CSF dynamics with special regard to the pathogenesis of hydrocephalus. This includes findings obtained by electron-microscopic examination of the cerebral cortex in infants. Clinical diagnosis and CT findings show that it is not possible to postulate a relationship between ventricle size and subsequent mental development. Surgery and postsurgical complications are briefly discussed. Calculations of survival probability and intellectual development--including school education and careers chosen by the patients, now aged between 17 and 25--complete this review.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000175:diagnosis; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Frühkindlicher Hydrozephalus. Normale Liquordynamik, Hydrozephalus--Ursachen--Therapie--Letalität--Prognose.