Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (cont.)
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Arif Dalvi, MD
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus CausesNPH can occur after head injury, bleeding around the brain (due to a blow to the head), stroke, meningitis (infection of a protective layer of tissue around the brain), or brain tumor. It can happen after surgery on the brain. How these conditions lead to NPH is not clear. In most cases, the cause is never known. Next Page: Must Read Articles Related to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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Hydrocephalus can be defined broadly as a disturbance of formation, flow, or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that leads to an increase in volume occupied by this fluid in the central nervous system (CNS).
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