Different outcomes in two cases of Dural Sinus Malformation

Fetal Dural Sinus Malformation (DSM) is a rare condition with massive dilation of dural sinuses due to an arteriovenous shunt. It most frequently involves the confluence sinuum above the cerebellum in the posterior fossa [1,2]. Clinical courses range from intrauterine demise (IUD) to live birth with normal neurological outcome depending on associate factors like sufficient collateral venous drainage, absence of additional structural abnormalities, brain insult, infarction, ventricular hemorrhage and cardiac failure. We report on two consecutive cases of DSM. In case 1 the diagnosis was made on post mortem pathol…