title: Cranial subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage caused by spinal melanoma metastasis.
abstract: A 73-year-old female with a history of metastatic melanoma presented with extensive intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage. Cranial imaging failed to reveal any vascular anomaly or tumour. MRI of the neuroaxis revealed a melanoma metastasis at T10 with associated subarachnoid haemorrhage. We review the literature on this rare presentation of subarachnoid haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Hull Royal Infirmary , Hull , UK.
authors.forename: Farouk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Olubajo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Hull Royal Infirmary , Hull , UK.
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Hull Royal Infirmary , Hull , UK.
authors.forename: Muhammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neuroradiology , Hull Royal Infirmary , Hull , UK.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowland-Hill
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Hull Royal Infirmary , Hull , UK.
authors.forename: Shailendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achawal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Subarachnoid haemorrhage; malignant melanoma; spinal haemorrhage; spinal tumour