Fatal cerebral haemorrhage in a hypertensive seven-year-old boy

Herwig Brandtner; Fabio C Monticelli; Harald J Meyer; Ariane Biebl; Herbert Budka

doi:10.1177/2054270416649284

Fatal cerebral haemorrhage in a hypertensive seven-year-old boy

JRSM Open. 2016 Sep 1;7(9):2054270416649284. doi: 10.1177/2054270416649284. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Herwig Brandtner¹, Fabio C Monticelli¹, Harald J Meyer¹, Ariane Biebl², Herbert Budka³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Austria.
² Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Linz 4020, Austria.
³ Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria; Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Cerebral haemorrhage; cerebrovascular disorders; child; hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports