Von Hippel-Lindau disease: delayed presentation as a cerebellar haemangioblastoma in an elderly patient.
Cerebellar haemangioblastomas are rare in the elderly. Those associated with the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, usually present during the third decade of life. We report an unusually delayed presentation in an 80 year old obligate carrier of VHL gene mutation.
Shekhar
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Department of Neurosurgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. h.shekhar@yahoo.co.uk
Myles
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Lee
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery