Murakami H, Toya S, Otani M, Sato S, Ohira T, Takenaka N
No Shinkei Geka. 1985 Feb;13(2):175-9.
The patient was a 31-year-old female who complained of headache and gait disturbance and admitted to our hospital on January 14, 1983. Familiar history revealed that her mother died of hemorrhage from hemangioblastoma in area postrema. Neurological examination revealed bilateral papilledema, right cerebellar sign and ataxia. Other neurological and clinical examinations were normal. CT-scan showed a right cystic cerebellar lesion and a right intraventricular lesion suggestive of hemangioblastomas. Right vertebral angiography demonstrated two vascular tumors lying in the right cerebellar hemisphere and right trigone of the lateral ventricle. Operation was performed on January 28, 1983. The histological diagnosis were hemangioblastomas.
