Hydrocephalus

=== Notable cases ===
* Ice hockey player [[Colby Cave]] had acute obstructive hydrocephalus due to a colloid cyst.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 11, 2020|title=Oilers forward Colby Cave dies after suffering brain bleed|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-colby-cave-1.5529808|access-date=4 May 2021|website=CBC}}</ref>
* Author [[Sherman Alexie]], born with the condition, wrote about it in his semi-autobiographical junior fiction novel ''[[The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/11435616.html |title=Man of many tribes |publisher=Star Tribune |access-date=2014-01-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520004510/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/11435616.html |archive-date=2013-05-20}}</ref>
* [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]] (1689–1700), probably contracted [[meningitis]] at birth, which resulted in this condition.<ref>Somerset, p. 116{{full citation needed|date=February 2018}}</ref>
* Emperor [[Ferdinand I of Austria]] (1793–1875) became emperor in 1835 despite various health issues including hydrocephalus and epilepsy.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* In the [[American folklore]] of the [[U.S. state|states]] of Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut, an urban legend exists about the [[melon heads]], the inbred descendants of families of people born with hydrocephaly.
* [[Masato Kudo]], a professional soccer player, died of hydrocephalus on October 21, 2022.
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