Hydrocephalus is a condition in which too much fluid builds up in the brain. The name comes from a combination from Greek words meaning “water” and “head.” “Congenital” means a person is born with it.

Hydrocephalus may be a complication of congenital Zika syndrome, and the presenting signs and symptoms are challenging to recognize, a Brazilian group reports. Monitoring for hydrocephalus, including ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Extracardiac anomalies, including structural brain anomalies, were frequently detected on fetal MRI among ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) patients have an increased prevalence of extracardiac congenital anomalies (CAs) and risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Exome sequencing of 1213 CHD ...

The event was organised by the Department of Paediatric Surgery, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with the Indian ...

Scientists involved in the epidemiology of congenital anomalies (including genetic diseases) use many terms to describe the occurrence of these disorders amongst births, such as ‘incidence’, ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition where fluid builds up in the brain , causing increased pressure on the brain. The literal meaning of the disease is “water in the brain.” Cerebrospinal fluid normally ...

Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital valvular heart disease. Now, in patients with this disease, researchers have identified mutations in a gene which plays an important role in the structure of the ...

Hydrocephalus is classically seen as a plumbing problem, the result of too much cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain or dysregulation of fluid flow. It is usually treated with shunts to drain the ...