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Symptom: Swollen head

Swollen head: Swollen head or enlarged head size
Detailed cause information for symptom: Swollen head:

Possible causes of symptom: Swollen head (7 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Swollen head (22 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Swollen head (7 conditions)

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Types of Swollen head: brain swelling (22)
Swollen head type of: Head symptoms (300)
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Possible causes of symptom: Swollen head: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Swollen head as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing symptoms: Swollen head: The following list of conditions have 'Swollen head' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... Hydrocephaly

Alexander Syndrome ... head enlargement, brain enlargement

Arachnoid Cysts ... hydrocephalus (cerebrospinal fluid accumulation), macrocephaly (head enlargement)

B

Brain cancer ... brain swelling, hydrocephalus

C

Canavan disease ... megalocephaly (abnormally enlarged head)

Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... hydrocephalus

Cysticercosis ... swelling of the brain (hydrocephalus)

D

Dandy-Walker Syndrome ... increased head circumference, Hydrocephalus, progressive macrocrania (abnormally enlarged skull), bulging occiput (the back of the head)

E

Encephaloceles ... hydrocephalus

H

Hydranencephaly ... hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus ... increasing head circumference, unusually large head size

M

Megalencephaly ... large head

Mucopolysaccharidosis II ... enlarged forehead

N

Neurocysticercosis ... swelling of the brain (hydrocephalus), hydrocephalus

P

Paget's disease of bone ... enlarged skull

Porencephaly ... macrocephaly (large head), hydrocephalus

R

Reye's Syndrome ... brain swelling

S

Sandhoff Disease ... macrocephaly

Schizencephaly ... hydrocephalus

Shaken Baby Syndrome ... brain swelling

Soto's Syndrome ... macrocrania (large head)

Subdural hematoma ... enlarged head circumference

Conditions listing complications: Swollen head: The following list of conditions have 'Swollen head' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

C

Cerebral Aneurysm ... hydrocephalus

Chiari Malformation ... Hydrocephalus (increased intracranial pressure)

H

Head injury ... brain swelling

L

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... acute hydrocephalus

M

Meningitis ... hydrocephalus

S

Spina bifida ... hydrocephalus

Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... hydrocephalus

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