Catalog

Pyogenic hydrocephalus

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Pyogenic hydrocephalus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/403208995

A condition which refers to accumulation of CSF within the cranial cavity secondary to a pyogenic meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Fibrous adhesions can develop in the ventricles and arachnoid villi, and more rarely in the basal cysterns.