Intraventricular hemorrhage in the newborn infant at term: thalamic origin

Four observations of intraventricular hemorrhage in full term neonates without perinatal asphyxia are reported. The clinical pictures were remarkably similar in the four infants: neurological symptoms developed several days after birth with sunsetting and eye deviation and symptoms of cranial hypertension. Ultrasonography and CT scan showed a thalamic hemorrhage.