Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage caused by pheochromocytoma in a child.
We report a 6-year-old boy who presented with left occipital spontaneous lobar hematoma and hypertension. Cerebral angiography failed to demonstrate a vascular malformation. Subsequently, a left adrenal tumor was found that proved to be a pheochromocytoma. This is the first report in the literature of a lobar hematoma in a child caused by a concomitant pheochromocytoma. In children with hypertension and resulting intracerebral hematoma, a pheochromocytoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Chuang
Huo-Li
HL
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Tauyuang, Taiwan, ROC. huoli@ms12.hinet.net
Hsu
Wen-Hsing
WH
Hsueh
Chuen
C
Lin
Jer-Nan
JN
Scott
R Michael
RM
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020299:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed