Primary hydrocephalus in adolescence.
Six of a series of 90 patients with hydrocephalus in the first two decades of life were adolescents. Four of these patients had acute symptoms that were superimposed on a baseline of a marginally functional cerebrospinal fluid circulatory system. All 6 patients were believed to have congenital etiologies for their hydrocephalus despite its clinical presentation in the second decade of life.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male