title: [Massive intratumor hemorrhage in tuberous sclerosis. Autopsy study of a case].
abstract: A case of a 13-year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis manifested with the complete syndrome that died with a massive intratumoral hemorrhage is presented. The post mortem examination of the brain disclosed a massive left parenchymatous brain hemorrhage with intraventricular component. In the hemorrhage, near the lateral ventricle wall, a subependymal giant cell astrocytoma was found. This is the second case in the literature of tuberous sclerosis which cause of death was an intratumoral massive hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia (DP), Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciéncias Médicas de Porto Alegre (FFFCMPA), Brasil.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Coutinho
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Gadret
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Hemorragia maciça intratumoral em esclerose tuberosa. Estudo autóptico de um caso.