Spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage due to a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma: case report and review of the literature

A H Mesiwala; A M Avellino; T S Roberts; R G Ellenbogen

doi:10.1159/000056028

Spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage due to a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma: case report and review of the literature

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2001 May;34(5):235-8. doi: 10.1159/000056028.

Authors

A H Mesiwala¹, A M Avellino, T S Roberts, R G Ellenbogen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98105, USA.

PMID: 11423772
DOI: 10.1159/000056028

Abstract

A 13-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with headaches and ataxia. Imaging studies revealed a cerebellar hemorrhage within a posterior fossa tumor. The patient underwent complete resection of this lesion and made a full recovery. Microscopic examination of this lesion revealed a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Astrocytoma / complications*
Astrocytoma / pathology
Astrocytoma / surgery*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / complications*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery*
Cerebellum / pathology
Cerebellum / surgery*
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology*
Intracranial Hemorrhages / pathology
Intracranial Hemorrhages / surgery*
Male