Supratentorial hemangioblastoma in a child. Case report.
Hemangioblastomas are rarely seen in the supratentorial region, especially in childhood. The case of a 10-year-old boy with left parieto-occipital cystic hemangioblastoma is reported. The neoplasm was not attached to the dura, nor was it associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome or with erythrocythemia. Cerebral angiography showed no evidence of a vascularized tumor, whereas computerized tomography gave more accurate information. The gross and microscopic appearance of the lesion is described, and a review of similar cases previously reported in the literature is presented.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed