title: Spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage due to a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98105, USA.
authors: A H
authors: AH
authors: Mesiwala
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Avellino
authors: T S
authors: TS
authors: Roberts
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Ellenbogen
mesh_terms: 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