communicating hydrocephalus
MONDO:0002045Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names communicating hydrocephalus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain that occurs as a consequence of impaired cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption by the arachnoid granulations.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002045), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: communicating hydrocephalus
- Also called
- non-obstructive hydrocephalus