Choroid Plexus Papilloma Causing Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Abstract

Among the non-aneurysmal causes of bleeding into the subarachnoid spaces are vascular malformat ions and vascular tumors. Of the latter, papil lomas of the choroid plexus have only recent ly been implicated as a cause of blood appear ing in the cerebrospinal fluid. The following case represents such an unusual lesion which was recognized and t rea ted during life, though terminat ing fatal ly because of complications.