Primary gastric hemangioblastoma: report of a case.
Capillary hemangioblastoma (CHB) is a benign, highly vascularized tumor that generally occurs in central nervous system either in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease or, more often, as a solitary sporadic lesion that is increasingly recognized in extraneural sites. We present the case of a 18 year-old man with abdominal pain, nausea and hematemesis, the endoscopy showed polypoid tumor bleeding of 5 cm in gastric antrum. The patients had not signs of VHL disease and was subjected to subtotal gastrectomy and referred to our institution. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of CHB occurring in stomach.
Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Horacio N López
HN
Basave
Medical Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Flavia
F
Morales-Vasquez
Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Juan Carlos Tenorio
JC
Monterrubio
Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Angel Herrera
AH
Gomez
Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Juan Manuel Ruiz
JM
Molina
Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Gonzalo Montalvo
GM
Esquivel
Anatomic Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , México City, México.
Leonardo Saúl
LS
Lino-Silva
Von Hippel-Lindau; hemangioblastoma