[A man in a coma after varices bleeding].

We admitted a 43-year-old comatose man with known liver cirrhosis and hyperintense subarachnoid spaces on brain CT, suggestive of subarachnoid hemorrhage. He died shortly thereafter. Autopsy did not show signs of subarachnoid hemorrhage, but revealed extensive cerebral edema.

Neonatal cerebral sinovenous thrombosis from symptom to outcome.

Background And Purpose: Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis is a rare disease with severe neurological sequelae. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to investigate the clinical course, possible risk factors, and outcome of a cohort of neonatal patients with sinovenous thrombosis and, second, to estimate the incidence in The Netherlands.

Methods: From January 1999 to March 2009, a review of all neonatal patients with sinovenous thrombosis from 6 tertiary neonatal intensive care units was performed.