Abstract

Fetal intracranial hemorrhage is a rare complication diagnosed during pregnancy with subsequent neonatal neurological morbidities or neonatal mortality. Intracranial hemorrhage is most commonly identified prenatally as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), although hemorrhage can occur in other sites such as cerebellar, subdural, primary subarachnoid and miscellaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhages. The detection of fetal intracranial hemorrhage has increased due to the improvement in imaging technology. There are varied etiologies of intracranial hemorrhage occurring prenatally, but in many cases, etiology remains unidentified. The outcome depends on the etiology, timing and the severity of fetal intracranial hemorrhage. Here we report a case of preterm baby born at 32 weeks who was diagnosed prenatally to have fetal intracranial hemorrhage with no obvious determined cause and managed by surgical evacuation.

Keywords:Hemorrhage; Neonatal mortality; Neonatal neurological morbidities