Sellar-sphenoid sinus hemangioblastoma: case report.
A very unusual case of sellar-sphenoid sinus hemangioblastoma without stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease is presented. Subtotal excision of tumor was done via an extended frontobasal approach. Diagnostic controversies between hemangioblastoma and angioblastic meningioma are discussed and the relevant literature reviewed.
Kachhara
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, India.
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Radhakrishnan
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D005260:Female; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed