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. 1996 Jan;17(1):154-6.

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presenting with massive intracranial hemorrhage.

R A Levy 1, R Allen 1, P McKeever 1
PMCID: PMC8337951  PMID: 8770268

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman presented with massive left temporal lobe intraparenchymal and diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage on CT. Lack of enhancement excluded intermediate and high-grade primary tumor or metastasis as likely causes. At surgery, a fibrovascular left temporal lobe mass adherent to the dura proved to be a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. The unusual hemorrhagic presentation of this typically benign entity is thought to be related to the meningeal involvement, which itself is characteristic of this neoplasm.

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