Fatal cerebral haemorrhage in a hypertensive seven-year-old boy.
A seven-year-old boy died from autopsy-proven brain haemorrhage due to hypertensive vasculopathy. This emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and therapy of hypertension in children. Brain haemorrhage is a potentially fatal complication of paediatric hypertension.
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
Herwig
H
Brandtner
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
Fabio C
FC
Monticelli
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
Harald J
HJ
Meyer
Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Linz 4020, Austria.
Ariane
A
Biebl
Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria; Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.
Herbert
H
Budka
Cerebral haemorrhage; cerebrovascular disorders; child; hypertension
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