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Thrombosis of Intracranial Sinus and Veins

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Developmental Neuropathology

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There are many clinical and pathologic reports on thrombosis of intracranial sinus and veins in infants in the medical literature of the 19th and early 20th century. One of the earliest appears to be that of Gerhard (1857, 1881) for seven infants developing venous thrombosis during the first months of life in the course of persistent diarrhea, dehydration and cardiac failure. Parrot (1873) described the pathologic findings and distinguished clearly the “red softenings” produced by venous thrombosis from the “pale softenings” of periventricular infarcts. Bouchut (1884) reviewed 30 cases and Bertier (1907) found 140 in the literature. The series of 50 patients reviewed by Byers and Hass (1933) was subsequently enlarged to 80 by Bailey and Hass (1937 a). The frequency of the disease has decreased in recent years, and these older reports remain the most comprehensive sources of information.

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Friede, R.L. (1989). Thrombosis of Intracranial Sinus and Veins. In: Developmental Neuropathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73697-1_11

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