Typical magnetic resonance features of a haemangioblastoma, an uncommon nerve root lesion: Case report and literature review

Authors: Sawyer, B; Heng, R; Ferris, N

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 51, Supplement 1, October 2007 , pp. B28-B30(1)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

SUMMARY

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.

Keywords: haemangioblastoma; magnetic resonance imaging; nerve root; von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01835.x

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