Metastasis of a renal carcinoma to a cerebellar haemangioblastoma in a case of von Hippel-Lindau disease.
A patient with Von Hippel-Lindau disease had a long-standing cerebellar cyst which recurred for the fifth time. At operation there was evidence of a renal carcinoma metastasis in the wall of the cyst which was probably a haemangioblastoma.
Jamjoom
A
A
Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Kane
N
N
Nicoll
J
J
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery