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Neonatal infarction within basal cerebral vein territory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2001

Paul Govaert
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Renate Swarte
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ann Oostra
Affiliation:
Centre for Developmental Disorders, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
Alexandra Zecic
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
Bart Vanzieleghem
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
Peter Van Langenhove
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
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Abstract

In this report, an unusual intracranial haemorrhage in a term male infant born to a mother with diabetes is explained on the basis of occlusion of both basal veins of Rosenthal. This diagnosis relies on anatomical location and iconographic aspect of the clots. Evidence that this vessel is occluded cannot be ascertained from ultrasound or MR angiographic techniques in the neonatal period. The basal vein has not been implicated in previous reports of neonatal brain haemorrhage.

Type
Case Reports
Copyright
© 2001 Mac Keith Press

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