Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presenting with life-threatening hemorrhage in a child.

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas are glial-based tumors that arise most frequently in young patients and usually follow a more benign and indolent clinical course than their other glial-based tumor counterparts. These tumors most frequently present with seizures, and only 3 previous case reports exist of hemorrhagic tumor as the clinical presentation. The authors present the first case of life-threatening intracerebral hemorrhage from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in a child.