Hemangioblastoma Originated from the Lumbar Spinal Nerve Root |
Young-Sub Kwon, M.D., Heum-Dae Kwon, M.D., Soon-Won Hong, M.D., Woo-Hei Jung, M.D., Keun-Su Kim, M.D. |
Department of Neurosurgery, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
Hemangioblastoma Originated from the Lumbar Spinal Nerve Root |
Young-Sub Kwon, M.D., Heum-Dae Kwon, M.D., Soon-Won Hong, M.D., Woo-Hei Jung, M.D., Keun-Su Kim, M.D. |
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Abstract |
Hemangioblastoma of the spine is a disease that mostly occurs intradurally and intramedullary. We report a case of 62 years old woman with hemangioblastoma originated from the lumbar spinal nerve root not associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease and mimicking schwannoma. Diagnostic procedures, surgical findings, histological and clinical outcomes are discussed. |
Keywords:
Hemangioblastoma.Lumbar spine.Extradural.von Hippel-Lindau disease |
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