Subarachnoid haemorrhage in children caused by cerebral tumour.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage in children is uncommon. In a review of 110 children with an intracranial tumour over a 20 year period there were four patients (3.6%) who presented with the typical features of a subarachnoid haemorrhage. During the same period of time there were 15 children who presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage of which 26% were secondary to a cerebral tumour. This study suggests that cerebral tumour is a common cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage in children.
D000367:Age Factors; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000150:complications*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*