How to Use hydrocephalus in a Sentence

hydrocephalus

noun
  • The surgery was the first of its kind to treat hydrocephalus in fur seals.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The film follows a child with hydrocephalus who gets a life-changing surgery.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Might it have been caused by hydrocephalus or some other disease?
    — Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • At six months, she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2021
  • The parents revealed that the 6-year-old had autism, epilepsy and hydrocephalus.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Twenty-five years ago my first son, Jacob, was born with hydrocephalus, or water on the brain.
    — Carol Glazer, Redbook, 3 Nov. 2017
  • One father had traveled from Honduras with his 6-year-old child who had hydrocephalus.
    — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 6 July 2018
  • Twenty years ago, their year-and-a-half-old daughter was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, or fluid on the brain.
    — Tommy Tomlinson, Esquire, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Then the tiny baby had surgery to place a shunt in his brain to drain excess fluid associated with his hydrocephalus.
    — Liv Osby, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
  • After many tests and scans, Storm was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and a right forebrain lesion.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The couple was then told their son was born with hydrocephalus, which causes extra fluid on the brain, but that his brain tissue had developed.
    — Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
  • In addition, babies with this form of spina bifida often need a shunt to drain off excess fluid in the brain, called hydrocephalus.
    — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 23 June 2017
  • As a result, some patients have been left with permanent vision loss and hydrocephalus, a condition where there is too much fluid in the brain.
    — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 3 July 2023
  • The earlier normal pressure hydrocephalus is caught and treated, the better.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 24 May 2025
  • In Zen’s case, this hydrocephalus was due to a malignant brain tumor, Cannon explained.
    — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 8 Dec. 2021
  • It is sometimes done to relieve pressure in situations such as subdural hematoma or hydrocephalus.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Jeremy Keyser, 15, was born with hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
    — Olga Yakovleva special To The Miami Herald, miamiherald, 30 June 2017
  • Now it’s called hydrocephalus — normal pressure hydrocephalus.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • MyLynn, 19, is on the autism spectrum, has mild cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus from excess fluid in the brain.
    — Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
  • In addition to her facial symptoms, Laura’s brain was swollen with fluid at birth, a condition known as hydrocephalus.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2021
  • Soon, 7-year-old Hayden Dawes, who has hydrocephalus and has been in the hospital for a week to replace a shunt, appears on the screen.
    — Washington Post, 15 May 2021
  • Soon after she was born, however, Millie was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid around the brain, and was scheduled for surgery.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Redbook, 9 Apr. 2017
  • Van Brusselen learned just a month before her due date that her baby had hydrocephalus, or an accumulation of fluid in the brain.
    — NBC News, 24 Mar. 2020
  • He was born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess fluids build up in the brain, and has undergone more than 50 surgeries throughout his life.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
  • He was born with hydrocephalus and brain damage; over time, seizures further impacted his brain and left him requiring constant supervision.
    — State Of Denial, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Her son Ron McBay said the cause was diabetes and normal pressure hydrocephalus, a form of dementia.
    — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Johnson said her son, who had a brain condition called congenital hydrocephalus, had worked at Walmart for more than 10 years.
    — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
  • King Charles' younger son engaged in a playful balloon sword fight with Gwen Foster, 9, who was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, Chae was working on developing high-tech brain implants to ease the effects of hydrocephalus, according to the statement.
    — Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2020

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