title: [CT scans in the diagnosis of cerebellar hemangioblastomas. Analysis of 21 cases].
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) scans in 21 patients with pathological verified cerebellar hemangioblastoma were analysed. There were 14 cases of cystic nodular pattern, 4 cases of nodular pattern and 3 cases with the pattern of cyst only in this series. The characteristic features of hemangioblastomas on the CT scans usually consisted of large circumscribed cystic low density lesions with a small enhanced nodule in each of them. On surgical operations 20 cases in this series were classified to be of cystic-nodular pattern. In order to show the cystic-nodular pattern in a better manner on the CT the thin slice CT scan 5 should be recommended in addition to the use of an appropriately increases amount of intravenous contrast medium when hemangioblastoma of the cerebellum would be suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Nanjing Military District, Naning.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging