Spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage due to a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma: case report and review of the literature.
A 13-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with headaches and ataxia. Imaging studies revealed a cerebellar hemorrhage within a posterior fossa tumor. The patient underwent complete resection of this lesion and made a full recovery. Microscopic examination of this lesion revealed a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma.
Mesiwala
A H
AH
Department of Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98105, USA.
Avellino
A M
AM
Roberts
T S
TS
Ellenbogen
R G
RG
D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male