title: Pituitary stalk hemangioblastoma: the fourth case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Supratentorial hemangioblastomas (HBL) have been rarely described in the literature. Herein we report the fourth case of pituitary stalk HBL diagnosed concurrently with cerebellar HBLs in a 51-year-old woman with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Complete resection of the lesion was achieved using left frontopterional craniotomy and no recurrence was observed after 8 years of follow-up. The clinical presentation, radiological features, pathological findings, and the management of this particular case are discussed in the light of the available literature. To our knowledge, this case is the only pituitary stalk HBL with total resection, and a long follow-up fully documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Fomekong@chir.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fomekong
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hernalsteen
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Godfraind
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Haens
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raftopoulos
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications