Typical magnetic resonance features of a haemangioblastoma, an uncommon nerve root lesion: case report and literature review.
Haemangioblastomas are uncommon tumours of the central nervous system. Nerve root haemangioblastomas with both intradural and extradural components are extremely rare. We present a case of a C2 nerve root haemangioblastoma in a 64-year-old man where the preoperative diagnosis was a spinal meningioma. An unexpectedly vascular tumour was found at initial procedure. Urgent catheter angiography was performed and the tumour was embolized prior to complete excision at a subsequent procedure.
Sawyer
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Department of Radiology, Western Hospital, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. brooke.sawyer@petermac.org
Heng
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Ferris
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D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*