Abstract
The patient was born weighing 3100 gm after a 38-week gestation to a 30-year-old mother without any complication of pregnancy and delivery, and his head circumference was 36.5 cm at birth. Intraventricular hemorrhage and ventricular dilatation were diagnosed by computed tomography at 24 hours of age. Cerebrospinal fluid obtained by ventricular tap was dark red brown and turbid, and ghost blood red cells were recognized. Methemoglobin peak was found on CSF spectrophotometry and hypoglycorrhachia (CSF/blood glucose ratio was 0.34) was recognized.
From the findings obtained above, it was concluded that intraventricular hemorrhage have occurred in utero and then posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus have developed.
