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Case report
Portal vein thrombosis causing neonatal cerebral infarction
  1. M J Parker,
  2. G I Joubert,
  3. S D Levin
  1. Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Joubert, Rm 2220, 800 Commissioner’s Rd E, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6C 2V5;
    Gary.Joubert{at}LHSC.ON.CA

Abstract

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.

  • cerebral infarction
  • thromboembolism
  • portal vein thrombosis

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.87.2.F125

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