Central neurocytoma with hemorrhagic onset.
A case of central neurocytoma with spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage is reported. A 23-year-old man, 2 years after experiencing intraventricular hemorrhage, developed severe headaches. The magnetic resonance image showed a mixed intense mass in the lateral ventricle with associated hydrocephalus. The tumor mass was totally removed. The tumor was histologically diagnosed as central neurocytoma. Review of the computed tomography taken 2 years ago showed not only the hemorrhage but also a mass in the left lateral ventricle. This emphasizes that central neurocytoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with either intraventricular hemorrhage or hemorrhagic tumor.
Okamura
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Goto
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Sato
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Ushio
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed