Portal vein thrombosis causing neonatal cerebral infarction

Neonatal cerebral infarction often occurs in the absence of known risk factors. Two such cases are described in which portal vein thrombosis was documented during two dimensional echocardiography. In both cases, infarcts were consistent with embolic events. A novel mechanism is proposed, which may e...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2002-09, Vol.87 (2), p.F125-F127
Main Authors: Parker, M J, Joubert, G I, Levin, S D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Blood clots
Case Report
Catheters
Causes of
cerebral infarction
Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis
Cerebral Infarction - etiology
Diseases
Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death
Female
Fetuses
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infants (Newborn)
Intensive care medicine
Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Portal Vein
portal vein thrombosis
Proteins
Pulmonary arteries
Risk factors
Seizures - etiology
Stroke
Stroke (Disease)
Thromboembolism
Thromboembolism - complications
Thrombosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Veins & arteries
Venous Thrombosis - complications
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Summary:Neonatal cerebral infarction often occurs in the absence of known risk factors. Two such cases are described in which portal vein thrombosis was documented during two dimensional echocardiography. In both cases, infarcts were consistent with embolic events. A novel mechanism is proposed, which may explain some cases of “idiopathic” neonatal cerebral infarction.
ISSN:1359-2998
1468-2052
DOI:10.1136/fn.87.2.F125