title: Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage caused by pheochromocytoma in a child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Tauyuang, Taiwan, ROC. huoli@ms12.hinet.net
authors.forename: Huo-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Wen-Hsing
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Chuen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Jer-Nan
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: 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