INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous or non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhages seen in @entity1 of under 15 years old are most frequently due to @entity2457 , followed at a considerable distance by @entity3459 , @entity5 and the complications of radio-therapy. OBJECTIVE: To present the cases of spontaneous and non-traumatic @entity1779 seen at our hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed all the paediatric cases of spontaneous @entity1779 diagnosed in our hospital over the previous sixteen years, excluding bleeding in the neonatal period. Computerized tomography was done in all cases, study of the cerebrospinal fluid, angiography and/or magnetic resonance in some cases. RESULTS: We selected 44 @entity1 , of who the aetiology could be determined in 30. Of these, 20 cases were due to @entity1462 , 7 were associated with @entity74 , 2 with @entity5 and one case with @entity7135 . The commonest form of presentation was that of an acute @entity428 , @entity51 , partial crises and @entity693 . CONCLUSIONS: The commonest cause of spontaneous @entity932 in @entity1 is due to rupture of a @entity1462 , namely an @entity1211 . Angiography and/or magnetic resonance are the techniques of choice for diagnosis. The various causes of disorders of haemostasia also are important in giving rise to @entity510 .

[Spontaneous XXXX in childhood].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients'] @entity932 :: ('MESH:D020300', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial haemorrhage'] @entity428 :: ('MESH:D019586', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial hypertension syndrome'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['vasculopathies, tumours', 'cerebral tumours'] @entity510 :: ('MESH:D013345', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial bleeding'] @entity2457 :: ('MESH:D020785', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral vascular malformations'] @entity3459 :: ('MESH:D025861', 'Disease') :: ['blood disorders'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['also showing focal deficits'] @entity693 :: ('MESH:D008581', 'Disease') :: ['meningism'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['haematological disorders'] @entity7135 :: ('MESH:D008589', 'Disease') :: ['meningococcal sepsis'] @entity1211 :: ('MESH:D054556', 'Disease') :: ['arterio-venous malformation'] @entity1779 :: ('MESH:D002543', 'Disease') :: ['cerebral haemorrhage'] @entity1462 :: ('MESH:D054079', 'Disease') :: ['vascular malformations', 'vascular malformation']
@entity932 :: (MESH:D020300,Disease) :: ['intracranial hemorrhages']
