[The microcirculatory bed of the cerebral dura mater in normal infants during the 1st year of life and in elevated intracranial pressure].

Microcirculatory vascular bed was sampled from dura mater of children under 1 year (healthy and with intracranial hypertension due to innate hydrocephalus) and stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Micro- and macroscopy of the modular organization of microvasculature showed that the rise in intracranial pressure resulted in restructuring of the arteriolar bed, appearance of unusual vascular forms, volume expansion and changes in other parameters, especially in the inner layer of dura mater. Capillary network was also distorted.