CONGENITAL SINUS VENOUS THROMBOSIS

In three newborns already during the fetal period hydrocephalus intern us had been diagnosed by ultrasound later found to be due to sinus ven ous thrombosis. After birth two of these newborns had no remarkable ne urological signs, the third had seizures, All of them had hydrocephalu s internus, intracerebral hemorrhage, and non or reduced doppler ultra sound flow within the venous sinus, Etiopathology is discussed with re ference to the literature: damage of the endothelium, venous stasis, h yperviscosity, hypercoagulation slate, protein C-, S- and antithrombin III-deficiencies, trauma.