hydrocephalus

disorder characterized by an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q193003
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hydrocephalus

Summary

hydrocephalus is a rare disease[1]. hydrocephalus ranks in the top 2% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,688 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hydrocephalus's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • hydrocephalus's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • hydrocephalus's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[5].
  • hydrocephalus is a type of cerebral degeneration[6].
  • hydrocephalus is a type of intracranial hypertension[7].
  • hydrocephalus is a type of head symptom[8].
  • hydrocephalus is a type of disease[9].
  • hydrocephalus's Commons category is recorded as Hydrocephalus[10].
  • hydrocephalus's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N85[11].
  • hydrocephalus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • hydrocephalus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • hydrocephalus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • hydrocephalus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[15].
  • hydrocephalus's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3111[16].
  • hydrocephalus's different from is recorded as hypocephalus[17].
  • hydrocephalus's different from is recorded as cerebral edema[18].
  • hydrocephalus's different from is recorded as Hydrocephalus[19].
  • hydrocephalus's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[20].
  • hydrocephalus's health specialty is recorded as neurology[21].
  • hydrocephalus's genetic association is recorded as MPDZ[22].
  • hydrocephalus's genetic association is recorded as CCDC88C[23].
  • hydrocephalus's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10908[24].
  • hydrocephalus's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10908[25].
  • hydrocephalus's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000051[26].
  • hydrocephalus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[27].

Why It Matters

hydrocephalus ranks in the top 2% of rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,688 views/month).[2] hydrocephalus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] hydrocephalus is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mutation in MPDZ causes severe congenital hydrocephalus.. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Disturbed Wnt Signalling due to a Mutation in CCDC88C Causes an Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Hydrocephalus with Medial Diverticulum. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of cerebral degeneration, intracranial hypertension, head symptom +1
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    Instance of rare disease, class of disease, symptom or sign
    Health specialty medical genetics, neurology
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