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Hydrocephalus can be caused by different mechanisms. Name two possibilities.
Hydrocephalus is an increase in the volume of the cerebral ventricles, which is 
caused by
- oversecretion of CSF (malfunction of the choroid plexus) or
- impaired absorption of CSF (at the arachnoid villi).
- oversecretion of CSF (malfunction of the choroid plexus) or
- impaired absorption of CSF (at the arachnoid villi).
