title: Posterior fossa hemangioblastomas.
abstract: The authors report 40 personal cases of infratentorial hemangioblastomas and review 36 series from the literature for a total number of 1023 patients. The clinical, pathological, and surgical features of these tumors are discussed, with particular consideration of localizations outside the nervous system, multicentric tumors, recurrences, and long-term results. Although hemangioblastomas are benign tumors, their high growth potential makes their long-term development unpredictable in some cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009462:Neurology / Q000639:trends; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed