title: Intra-operative real time intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage during glial tumour resection: A case report.
abstract: Glial tumours associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage are very rare. A 64-year-old woman admitted with a history of 3 weeks seizures and a left sided hemiparesis and dysphasia. The magnetic resonance disclosed heterogeneously enhancing a right temporal mass. During surgery, suddenly an abrupt and extensive swelling had occurred both in tumour and the brain tissue. The surgery was completed with a gross total tumour resection together with a partial temporal lobectomy. Postoperative computerized tomography demonstrated a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A cerebral Magnetic Resonance (MR) angiography showed neither an aneurysm nor arteriovenous malformation. Coincidence of an intracerebral tumour and subarachnoid haemorrhage would be devastating.
authors.affiliation: Haydarpasa Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey. tayfunhakan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakan
authors.forename: Cezmi Cağrı
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Türk
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Celik