title: Successful surgical removal of an asymptomatic optic nerve hemangioblastoma in von Hippel-Lindau disease.
abstract: An asymptomatic patient with a family history of von Hippel-Lindau disease carried the abnormal gene for this disease. An imaging survey that consisted of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and cerebral angiography revealed an optic nerve hemangioblastoma. The potential for visual loss in the future was the indication for microsurgical intervention. This was the first asymptomatic optic nerve hemangioblastoma to be imaged and the first to be successfully removed without any permanent neurological deficits or vision loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Raila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Azordegan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fratkin
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Parent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*