Supratentorial hemangioblastoma associated with Von Hippel Lindau disease: case report and review of the literature.
Multiple vascular lesions in the brain were identified by angiography in a 45-year-old woman with Von Hippel Lindau disease. One of these lesions was a histologically-proven hemangioblastoma. The occurrence of such lesions in a cerebral hemisphere is exceedingly rare and is usually related to Von Hippel Lindau disease.
D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery