During a well-baby check,the nurse notices that a 1-week-old infant's face looks small compared with his cranium,which seems enlarged.On further examination,the nurse also notices dilated scalp veins and downcast,or "setting sun," eyes.The nurse suspects which condition?

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Hydrocephalus occurs with obstruction of drainage of cerebrospinal fluid that results in excessive accumulation,increasing intracranial pressure,and enlargement of the head.The face looks small compared with the enlarged cranium,and dilated scalp veins and downcast,or "setting sun," eyes are noted.Craniotabes is a softening of the skull's outer layer.Microcephaly is an abnormally small head.A caput succedaneum is edematous swelling and ecchymosis of the presenting part of the head caused by birth trauma.

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