title: Spinal cord hemangioblastoma with extensive syringomyelia.
abstract: We present the case of a 20-year-old male with intermittent right upper extremity numbness for 3 months. His pain perception and temperature sensation were severely disturbed. An incidental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of one small intramedullary enhancing nodule at spinal cord level T10-11 with long-segment syrinx formation suggested the diagnosis of spinal hemangioblastoma with syringomyelia. Surgical removal of the tumor and decompression of the spinal cord with opening of the syrinx were performed smoothly, and the pathology confirmed the diagnosis of spinal hemangioblastoma. Reviewing the literature, MRI is the examination of choice for spinal hemangioblastomas, and is helpful in preoperative planning and the differential diagnosis of spinal cord neoplasms and vascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Te-Chang
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wan-Yuo
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jiing-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lirng
authors.forename: Tai-Tong
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Feng-Chi
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chao-Bao
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Michael Mu-Huo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Cheng-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome