Hypothalamic tumour with haemorrhage.
Haemorrhage in low-grade glioma is rare. A 4-year-old boy presented with sudden loss of consciousness. CT scan of his head revealed anterior third ventricular tumour with bleeding, intraventricular haemorrhage and hydrocephalus. The boy expired within 26 h of the onset of his illness, and an autopsy revealed a haemorrhagic juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma arising from the lateral hypothalamus with intraventricular haemorrhage. Intracranial tumour as the cause of sudden death and tumour with bleeding are discussed.
Devi
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Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. bindira@nimhans.kar.nic.in
Shukla
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D
Bhat
D
D
Santosh
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V
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology; D007026:Hypothalamic Area, Lateral / Q000473:pathology; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male