Multiple spinal 'miliary' hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau (vHL) disease without cerebellar involvement: A case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 130-134

  Roessler, Karl ^a   Dietrich, Wolfgang ^a   Haberler, Christine ^b   Goerzer, Harald ^a   Czech, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Multiple spinal hemangioblastomas; vHL protein; Von Hippel Lindau disease (vHL)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032695848     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101430050047     Document Type: Article

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