J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2011 Jun;49(6):381-383. 10.3340/jkns.2011.49.6.381.

Intraosseous Hemangioblastoma Mimicking Spinal Metastasis in the Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma

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  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sobotta72@hotmail.com

Abstract

Sporadic osseous hemangioblastomas in the vertebra are extremely rare and they can be misdiagnosed as a vertebral hemangioma or metastasis in imaging studies. We report an intraosseous hemangioblastoma that arose from the 11th thoracic vertebra and was diagnosed initially as a metastasis in a patient with renal cell carcinoma. Diagnosis, surgical treatment and adjuvant radiosurgery of such case in reference to the literature are discussed.

Keyword

Hemangioblastoma; Bone neoplasm; Vertebra; Radiosurgery

MeSH Terms

Bone Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Hemangioblastoma
Hemangioma
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Radiosurgery
Spine
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