Successful removal of a brainstem hemangioblastoma.
This is the report of the surgical removal of a solitary hemangioblastoma that had developed in the left nucleus cuneatus of the medulla oblongata. The surgical intervention was simple and no technical or anesthetic problems were encountered. In spite of the patient's extremely serious neurological state before the operation, his nervous functions reverted virtually to normal.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001933:Brain Stem; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed