Hydrocephalus how diagnosis?

(1) According to history and the typical clinical manifestations, Diagnosis is not difficult and review head circumference, such as rapid growth can help diagnosis. In the larger levy increased intracranial children, should consider the possible hydrocephalus. (2) It should be noted that in the skull bonding joints have children, hydrocephalus did not increase the performance of the first skull in order to further clear diagnosis, do the following inspections: Skull X-ray visible expanding, thinning and 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 2D ultrasound examination showed no brain-wave movement of the ventricular system and expand; CT or MRI scan, see ventricle system expanded significantly, and sometimes they can be detected hydrocephalus reasons.