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Brain - Hydrocephalus - Gallery

Image of hydrocephalus in the brain from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
An example of bilateral noncommunicating, obstructive hydrocephalus of the lateral ventricles (arrows) in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. It is secondary to a pituitary neoplasm (arrowhead) compressing and distorting the diencephalon while obstructing the ventral aspect of the third ventricle.
Image of hydrocephalus in the brain from a female F344/N rat in a chronic study
The effect of obstructive hydrocephalic ventricular expansion, leading to flattened attenuation of normally cuboidal ependymal cells (arrow), in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study.