Spontaneous hemorrhage in a mixed glioma of the cerebellum: case report

Neurosurgery. 1986 Aug;19(2):278-81. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198608000-00019.

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy presented in coma and was found to have a massive posterior fossa hemorrhage on computed tomographic scan. Autopsy disclosed a large cerebellar hematoma within a mixed glioma containing both juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma. It is postulated that the hemorrhage originated from the oligodendroglial component of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytoma / complications
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Cerebellar Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellar Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Child
  • Glioma / complications*
  • Glioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligodendroglioma / complications
  • Oligodendroglioma / pathology
  • Radiography