title: Spontaneous haemorrhage in acoustic neurinomas.
abstract: Gross intratumoural haemorrhage in acoustic neurinoma is rare. The authors describe seven patients, out of a consecutive 99 cases of acoustic neurinoma operated by the first author, who presented with haemorrhage. Risk factors for haemorrhage appear to be large size, mixed Antoni type and secondary vascular changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rout
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bhiladvala
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery