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Traditionally, the pathophysiology of ventricular dilation and obstructive hydrocephalus has been attributed to the backup of CSF due to impaired absorption, and it is unclear why backup of CSF with resulting ventriculomegaly would not occur in pseudotumor. In this study, the authors used an electrical circuit model to simulate the cerebral windkessel effect and explain the presence of ventriculomegaly in obstructive hydrocephalus but not in pseudotumor cerebri.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS<\/jats:title>\n The cerebral windkessel is a band-stop filter that dampens the arterial blood pressure pulse in the cranium. The authors used a tank circuit with parallel inductance and capacitance to model the windkessel. The authors distinguished the smooth flow of blood and CSF and the pulsatile flow of blood and CSF by using direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) sources, respectively. The authors measured the dampening notch from ABP to ICP as the band-stop filter of the windkessel.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n In obstructive hydrocephalus, loss of CSF pathway volume impaired the flow of AC power in the cranium and caused windkessel impairment, to which ventriculomegaly is an adaptation. In pseudotumor, venous hypertension affected DC power flow in the capillaries but did not affect AC power or the windkessel, therefore obviating the need for adaptive ventriculomegaly.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n In pseudotumor, the CSF spaces are unaffected and the windkessel remains effective. Therefore, ventricles remain normal in size. In hydrocephalus, the windkessel, which depends on the flow of AC power in patent CSF spaces, is impaired, and the ventricles dilate as an adaptive process to restore CSF pathway volume. 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