title: Hypothalamic tumour with haemorrhage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. bindira@nimhans.kar.nic.in
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santosh
mesh_terms: 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