title: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presenting with life-threatening hemorrhage in a child.
abstract: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas are glial-based tumors that arise most frequently in young patients and usually follow a more benign and indolent clinical course than their other glial-based tumor counterparts. These tumors most frequently present with seizures, and only 3 previous case reports exist of hemorrhagic tumor as the clinical presentation. The authors present the first case of life-threatening intracerebral hemorrhage from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in a child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20037, USA. jwind@gwu.edu
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wind
authors.forename: P Benjamin
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sweet
authors.forename: Vivek R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography