Acute vomiting and mental status changes: a case of acute intraventricular haemorrhage from an optic chiasm tumour | Zendy

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Acute vomiting and mental status changes: a case of acute intraventricular haemorrhage from an optic chiasm tumour

Author(s) -

Jodie Johnson,

R.K. Dhillon,

Jana L. Anderson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1410

Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , hydrocephalus , differential diagnosis , optic chiasm , pediatrics , altered mental status , anesthesia , radiology , optic nerve , pathology , ophthalmology

In this article, we describe a 5- year-old girl who presented to an emergency department with 1 day of vomiting, mental status changes and decreased activity. Imaging studies revealed a mass in the optic chiasm which had haemorrhaged into her ventricles causing acute hydrocephalus. This case highlights the diligence and broad differential one must have when evaluating a child presenting with a sole complaint of vomiting.

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