Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to spinal cord tumors

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for the Vestibular Schwannomas, Technical Considerations and Hydrocephalus as a Complication

“…One likely explanation is that after microsurgery, the local inflammatory processes might impair circulation. Following the direct manipulation of the tumour capsule, the delivery of intracisternal haemoglobin and protein-laden material have been observed (Nassar & Correll, 1968;Samii & Matthies, 1997b). In our series, however, we found no de novo development or aggravation of hydrocephalus following microsurgery.…”

Thoracic meningioma presenting subarachnoid haemorrhage

“…Spinal meningioma with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is rare [1][2][3]. Although MR images of our case showed atypical features for thoracic meningioma, the awareness of this particular pathology may be of importance in recognizing a possible cause of SAH.…”

“…Three cases of spinal meningioma presenting as a subarachnoid haemorrhage have been reported in the literature to date [1][2][3]. These three cases had a few common features, such as young age, meningeal irritation, and difficulty in making an early diagnosis.…”

The spinal tumour related hydrocephalus

“…Such subarachnoid spread to distant regions by a spinal tumour is believed to be extremely rare [12,21]. Ependymomas often produce papilloedema -they are particularly prone to subarachnoid bleeding and the combination of blood in the CSF and a raised CSF protein may be especially effective in stimulating the formation of intracranial meningeal adhesions [2,7,15,16,19,22]. In these cases removal of the spinal tumour does no~ solve the probtem of ventriculomegaly and patients need further treatment.…”