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Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage from an unsuspected ependymoin early infancy

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A case of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage from an occipital ependymoma grade 2 in a 3-month-old boy is reported. The infant died 3 days after surgery. The clinical and pathomorphological characteristics are described. Despite the usually rich vascularization of these tumors, hemorrhages from inracranial ependymomas are relatively uncommon. The different forms and probable cause of bleedings are discussed.

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  1. Klinik für Neurochirurgie der Universität zu Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, W-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ralf-Ingo Ernestus & Norfrid Klug

  2. Institut für Pathologie der Universität zu Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, W-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany

    Roland Schröder

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Ernestus, RI., Schröder, R. & Klug, N. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage from an unsuspected ependymoin early infancy. Child's Nerv Syst 8, 357–360 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296570

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