Spinal cord hemangioblastoma with extensive syringomyelia.
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.
Wu
Te-Chang
TC
Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
Guo
Wan-Yuo
WY
Lirng
Jiing-Feng
JF
Wong
Tai-Tong
TT
Chang
Feng-Chi
FC
Luo
Chao-Bao
CB
Teng
Michael Mu-Huo
MM
Chang
Cheng-Yen
CY
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