title: Spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a filum terminale ependymoma.
abstract: We present a case of spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to an ependymoma of the filum terminale in a 23-year-old male. Clinical signs indicating a spinal origin of the subarachnoid hemorrhage are discussed. Subarachnoid hemorrhages are only rarely caused by an intraspinal tumor, most of which are located in the cauda equina. Our findings in this case proved the value of MRI examination in tumors of the cauda equina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Admiraal
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hazenberg
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Algra
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kamphorst
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wolbers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*