Haemangiopericytoma presenting with acute intracerebral haemorrhage.
Clinical presentation of brain tumour by acute haemorrhage is well known and occurs in around 5% of the cases. Haemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a richly vascularized tumour, but its clinical manifestation is most frequently related to tumour mass effect or seizures. We present the eighth case reported of a patient with acute intracerebral bleeding caused by HPC. Though HPC represents only about 2% of intracranial meningeal neoplasms it must be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial haemorrhage.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. kaenariel@hotmail.com
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed