title: Spontaneous massive haemorrhage into acoustic neuroma during anticoagulation therapy.
abstract: We report the case of a 58-year old man who bled into an undiagnosed acoustic neuroma while on long-term anticoagulation therapy which was commenced following aortic valve replacement. The patient presented with multiple cranial nerve-paralysis of sudden onset. The tumour was subtotally removed but died 5 days postoperatively from recurrent haemorrhage into the tumour bed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Refsum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins