Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is the most common type of intracranial haemorrhage in the
neonate. It occurs primarily in preterm infants but is occasionally seen in the near term and term infants.
Grade IV haemorrhage is usually associated with extensive intraventricular haemorrhage. It is postulated that large blood clots in the germinal matrix and ventricles impair the flow of blood from the medullary veins, which drain the cerebral white matter, into the terminal vein. This impairment of blood flow may
lead to venous infarction and, like other venous infarctions, this infarction may be haemorrhagic.
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