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

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neuro-oncology 2005-07, Vol.73 (3), p.273-275
Hauptverfasser:	ERTAS, Gulcin, ALTUNDAG, Muzaffer Bedri, UCER, Ali Riza, CANKAL, Fatih, ALTUNDAG, Kadri
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Renal Cell - etiology Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery Cerebellar Neoplasms - etiology Cerebellar Neoplasms - radiotherapy Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Hemangioblastoma - etiology Hemangioblastoma - radiotherapy Humans Kidney Neoplasms - etiology Kidney Neoplasms - surgery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - radiotherapy Neurology Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses von Hippel-Lindau Disease - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0167-594X 1573-7373
DOI:	10.1007/s11060-004-5179-0