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Hydrocephalus

In older children, risks include a history of congenital or developmental defects, space-occupying lesions or tumors of the brain or spinal cord, central nervous system infections, bleeding anywhere in the brain, and trauma.

Hydrocephalus most often occurs in children, but may also occur in adults and the elderly.

See normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).

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