Hydrocephalus how diagnosis?

(1) According to history and the typical clinical presentation, diagnosis is not difficult and review head circumference, such as to grow too fast, and can assist in diagnosis. In older children intracranial increased levy, should consider the possibility of hydrocephalus. (2) It should be noted that the skull had been spliced joints children, hydrocephalus did not increase the performance of the first skull, for further diagnosis, do the following inspections: Skull X-ray visible Luqiang expanded, and the thinner skull Transcranial seam separation; ventricle administering iodine gas or water-soluble contrast, the system can display ventricle shape and size, and thickness of the cerebral cortex; skull Two-dimensional ultrasound examination showed no brain-wave movement of the ventricular system and expanding the CT or MRI scan, see ventricle system expanded significantly, and sometimes they can be detected hydrocephalus reasons.