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Am J Perinatol 1992; 9(3): 201-204
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999321
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© 1992 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis in a Neonate

Paul Govaert, Dirk Voet, Eric Achten, Piet Vanhaesebrouck, Hans van Rostenberghe, Dirk van Gysel, Marcel Afschrift
  • Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Unit, Department of Ultrasound Medicine, and Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

A newborn boy presented within the first day of life with moaning, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. The clinical syndrome resulted from thrombosis of the posterior part of the superior sagittal sinus due to impression at birth of the tip of the occipital squama. Both computed tomography and ultrasound scans were valuable noninvasive tools for documentation of the thrombus itself and the cerebral sequelae. Color Doppler ultrasound scan confirmed the absence and reappearance of flow in the superior sagittal sinus.