Sporadically second localization of cerebellar hemangioblastoma in sella turcica mimicking a meningioma with no associated von Hippel-Lindau disease

Br J Neurosurg. 2015;29(4):589-91. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1016894. Epub 2015 Mar 30.

Abstract

A 72-year-old man presented with a gradual bilateral decrease in visual acuity. Imaging showed lesion in the sella turcica diagnosed as meningioma but proving secondarily to be a hemangioblastoma. His neurosurgical history included a resection of a cerebellar hemangioblastoma 30 years ago. To our knowledge, such a hemangioblastoma second localization from the infratentorial to supratentorial has not been reported in the literature for patients not presenting with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Keywords: hemangioblastoma; multifocal; sella turcica.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Hemangioblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Meningioma / diagnosis
  • Sella Turcica / pathology*