Childhood cerebellar astrocytoma presenting with hemorrhage.
A cerebellar astrocytoma presented with acute intracranial hemorrhage. Computerized tomography and vertebral arteriography defined the tumor and the vascular supply. The tumor was successfully removed. It is important to select the appropriate diagnostic studies so that the rate intracranial hemorrhage masking a brain tumor can be delineated.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed