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Unpredicted Sudden Death due to Recurrent Infratentorial Hemangiopericytoma Presenting as Massive Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Tanaka, Toshihide
Murayama, Y.
Hasegawa, Yuzuru
Kato, Naoki
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Unpredicted sudden death arising from hemangiopericytoma with massive intracranial hemorrhage is quite rare.
We encountered a patient with recurrent infratentorial hemangiopericytoma presenting as life-threatening massive intracerebral hemorrhage.
A 43-year-old man who had undergone craniotomy for total resection of an infratentorial hemangiopericytoma 17 months earlier presented with morning headache and generalized convulsions.
Computed tomography revealed a massive hematoma in the right infratentorial region causing tonsillar herniation and emergency surgery was performed to evacuate the hematoma.
Histological findings revealed hemangiopericytoma with hemorrhage.
Neurological status remained unimproved and brain death was confirmed postoperatively.
Hemangiopericytoma presenting as massive hemorrhage is quite rare.
Since the risk of life-threatening massive hemorrhage should be considered, careful postoperative long-term follow-up is very important to identify tumor recurrences, particularly in the posterior cranial fossa, even if the tumor is completely removed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tanaka, Toshihide& Kato, Naoki& Hasegawa, Yuzuru& Murayama, Y.. 2014. Unpredicted Sudden Death due to Recurrent Infratentorial Hemangiopericytoma Presenting as Massive Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034816
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tanaka, Toshihide…[et al.]. Unpredicted Sudden Death due to Recurrent Infratentorial Hemangiopericytoma Presenting as Massive Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034816
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tanaka, Toshihide& Kato, Naoki& Hasegawa, Yuzuru& Murayama, Y.. Unpredicted Sudden Death due to Recurrent Infratentorial Hemangiopericytoma Presenting as Massive Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034816
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1034816