[Hemangioblastoma of the spinal nerve root].
A case of extramedullary spinal root hemangioblastoma is described. A 44-year-old male presented with gait disturbance. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a round enhanced mass at the level of T8. Spinal angiography showed a vascular tumor fed by the posterior spinal artery via the left T9 intercostal artery. A laminectomy of T8-T9 was performed, and a reddish brown-colored soft tumor originating in the T9 posterior spinal nerve root was exposed. The postoperative course was uneventful. This is the first reported case of a spinal root hemangioblastoma that was not related with Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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Iwasaki
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D000328:Adult; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology