title: Lateral ventricle haemangioblastoma: the role of perfusion scanning and embolisation in diagnosis and management.
abstract: We present the case of a 24-year-old man who presented with vertigo and right-sided weakness. Subsequent imaging demonstrated a lateral ventricle haemangioblastoma. This is the first case ever to be treated with surgical excision augmented by preoperative endovascular embolisation, as illustrated with perfusion CT scanning performed pre-embolisation and postembolisation. We present the case followed by a summary of the previously published cases and a discussion of the advantages of perfusion scanning and endovascular embolisation in these highly vascular (and therefore potentially dangerous) lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: Tufail
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tyagi
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult