IVH

Intraventricular hemorrhage. Typically used when speaking of bleeding within the brain of an infant born prematurely. Specifically, it is bleeding from the subependymal matrix into the ventricles. The smooth muscles of the brain’s arterioles do not develop until late in gestation, resulting in this vulnerability. This condition can cause hydrocephalus and it can be associated with injury to the brain’s parenchyma. In other cases there can be no associated symptoms or sequelae. This injury occurs early in the third trimester and can be associated with cerebral palsy.