Metastasis of renal carcinoma to a cerebellar hemangioblastoma in a patient with von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report

Br J Neurosurg. 1999 Aug;13(4):413-6. doi: 10.1080/02688699943565.

Abstract

We report a case of metastatic renal carcinoma in a multirecurrent cerebellar haemangioblastoma (HBL) in an adult patient with von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease. To our knowledge, only two cases of metastases to intracranial HBLs have been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Hemangioblastoma / secondary*
  • Hemangioblastoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications*