[Meningeal hemorrhage disclosing a brain tumor in a child].
The case of a 14-year-old girl who had severe subarachnoid bleeding as the first manifestation of a benign astrocytic tumor of the lateral aspect of the third ventricle is reported. Tumors that cause bleeding are usually neuroectodermal tumors in children and malignant tumors in adults. A review of the literature serves as the basis for a discussion of the frequency of bleeding as the first manifestation of brain tumors (1 to 10%) and of the pathogenesis of these hemorragies for which three theories (vascular, mechanical, and metabolic) have been put forward.
Lena
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Service de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants La Timone, Marseille.
Genitori
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Choux
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D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*
Hémorragie meningée révélatrice d'une tumeur cérébrale chez une enfant.