[Intrauterine cerebral hemorrhage as a cause of hydrocephalus].

Intracranial haemorrhages in before-term children and risk newborn are a well-known problem, hydrocephalus being one of the possible posthaemorrhagic complications. In most cases intrapartal and postpartal complications will be responsible for the occurrence of haemorrhages. However, in this regard it is difficult to assess the ranking of individual factors such as acidosis, birth trauma, postpartal care and infusion therapy or postpartal complications. The following case report concerns a rare case of prepartal intraventricular bleeding resulting in hydrocephalus in an otherwise uneventful pregnancy course. Whereas in the 32nd pregnancy week both the cerebral ventricular system and the dimensions of the head had been normal, development of hydrocephalus was discovered at random in the 36th week during a screening procedure.