Treatment of recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma with external radiotherapy in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report and review of the literature.
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, a multisystem familial cancer syndrome, is inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait. Common manifestations of the disease are retinal, cerebellar and medullary hemangioblastomas; renal cysts and carcinomas; pancreatic cysts; pheochromocytoma; and papilllary cystadenoma of the epididym. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with type I von Hippel-Lindau disease treated with external radiotherapy for recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Gulcin
G
Ertas
Muzaffer Bedri
MB
Altundag
Ali Riza
AR
Ucer
Fatih
F
Cankal
Kadri
K
Altundag
D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications*