Repetitive intratumoral hemorrhage in medulloblastoma. A case report.
An 8-year-old girl experienced five repeated hemorrhagic episodes around the cerebellar vermis. Surgical specimens histologically showed abnormal vascular components invaded by tumor cells. Autopsy disclosed medulloblastoma disseminating in the subependymal zone of the ventricles. An atypical clinical course is reported with special attention to the cause of hemorrhage.
Tachibana
O
O
Department of Neurosurgery, Kurobe City Hospital, Japan.
Oki
H
H
Hayashi
Y
Y
Nonomura
A
A
Yamashima
T
T
Yamashita
J
J
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography