Patient's question:
Please ask the doctor, please, it was found that the quadrigeminal cistern is compressed, at first it was not taken seriously, no examination or treatment was done. But now I am afraid it might be pediatric hydrocephalus, what is the reason?Doctor's answer:
Hydrocephalus is a disease caused by excessive (or) impaired secretion, circulation, and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid, leading to an increase in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid in the cranial cavity, expansion of the ventricular system or (and) dilatation of the subarachnoid space. The symptoms of hydrocephalus (also known as pediatric hydrocephalus) vary with the age of onset in children, primarily, developmental delay, headache, vomiting, drowsiness, epilepsy, signs of increased head circumference, high tension of the card door, difficulty in upward gaze, papilledema, and abducens nerve palsy. Typical symptoms include headache, vomiting, blurred vision, optic nerve head edema, occasional diplopia, dizziness, and epilepsy.