Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus

Description

Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo occurs when there is damage to the brain caused by stroke, injury, or radiation, and there may be an actual shrinkage of brain substance. Although there is more CSF than usual, the CSF pressure itself is normal in hydrocephalus ex-vacuo.

Index terms

Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to degeneration
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to vascular disease

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Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to injuries to the brain
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to inflammatory disease
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to infection
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to radiation therapy
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to ageing

Exclusions from above levels

05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

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22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

8D64.0 – Communicating hydrocephalus
8D64.1 – Non-communicating hydrocephalus
8D64.Z – Hydrocephalus, unspecified

Foundation entity

Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/175641220

Part of: 8D64: Hydrocephalus › 08: Diseases of the nervous system