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by ben_w 761 days ago
Sneaky paragraph at the bottom:

> Update 3 Jan 2017: This man has a specific type of hydrocephalus known as chronic non-communicating hydrocephalus, which is where fluid slowly builds up in the brain. Rather than 90 percent of this man's brain being missing, it's more likely that it's simply been compressed into the thin layer you can see in the images above. We've corrected the story to reflect this.

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I did not see that actually, thank you.

The fact our brain can be compressed to that level is pretty crazy too, although not as impressive as the original missing 90% :)

You're welcome :)

I very nearly missed it on that page, despite already being aware of the detail from other sources.