title: Three cases of intramedullary spinal hemangioblastoma: the role of intraoperative histological diagnosis.
abstract: Three cases of intramedullary spinal hemangioblastoma are presented. Since the tissue adjacent to the neoplasm often shows a gliosis resembling an astrocytoma, a misinterpretation in the intraoperative histological diagnosis may lead to an unnecessary extirpation of the reactive tissue. It is recommended that biopsies be performed in cases in which a hemangioblastoma being considered. This is necessary in order to get specimen from the hemangioblastoma itself for the intraoperative histological evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hamburg University Hospital, Eppendorf, West Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology