Germinal Plate Hemorrhage

Germinal Plate Hemorrhage •Premature infant brain with bilateral subependymal hemorrhages in the germinal plate with rupture into the lateral and third ventricles. Probably caused the death of the infant. •The germinal plate is the area where neuroblasts and glioblasts form and from which they migrate. It has thin walled, large caliber blood vessels with little matrix around them which are easily ruptured when there is increased blood flow as in transient hypertension. (Description By:Margaret Grunnet,M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by: )