Hemorrhage in a highly vascularized subependymoma of the septum pellucidum: case report.
A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of loss of memory, disorientation, nausea, and urinary incontinence. Cerebral computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed a tumor with intratumoral hemorrhage affecting the corpus callosum and the septum pellucidum. A partial resection of the tumor was performed, but the patient died the next day from an episode of bleeding. Postmortem examination revealed a highly vascularized subependymoma with acute bleeding in the tumor and in the surrounding brain parenchyma. The importance of considering a highly vascularized subependymoma is noted when a tumor related to the ventricular system is diagnosed.
Lindboe
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Department of Pathology, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
Stolt-Nielsen
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Dale
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed