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Congenital supratentorial hemangioblastomas are extremely rare tumors even in pediatric population. A 57-day-old female neonate presented with a pure motor seizure. On imaging studies, intracranial hemorrhagic lesions containing multiple cystic components in the cerebral and cerebellar areas were revealed, simultaneously. After the emergency surgical evacuation only to a fatal supratentorial lesion, an infratentorial lesion also regressed spontaneously. The authors report a case of full-term neonate presenting with supra- and infratentorial hemorrhagic lesions, which occurred as a result of congenital supratentorial hemangioblastoma bleeding.
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Kim, J.M., Cheong, J.H., Bak, K.H. et al. Congenital supratentorial hemangioblastoma as an unusual cause of simultaneous supra- and infratentorial intracranial hemorrhage: case report. J Neurooncol 77, 59–63 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-005-9002-3
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