Low grade pilocytic astrocytoma presenting as a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage in a child.
A girl aged 13 years presented with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage. Initially, no cause could be found but she was later found to have a low grade pilocytic astrocytoma. This very uncommon presentation was not considered before surgery.
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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, UK.
Thorne
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West
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D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed