Treatment of recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma with external radiotherapy in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report and review of the literature


Ertas G., Altundag M., Ucer A., Cankal F., Altundag K.

JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY, vol.73, no.3, pp.273-275, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Letter
  • Volume: 73 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11060-004-5179-0
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.273-275
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, a multisystem familial cancer syndrome, is inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait. Common manifestations of the disease are retinal, cerebellar and medullary hemangioblastomas; renal cysts and carcinomas; pancreatic cysts; pheochromocytoma; and papilllary cystadenoma of the epididym. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with type I von Hippel-Lindau disease treated with external radiotherapy for recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma.