Open AccessSupratentorial leptomeningeal hemangioblastoma resection after tumor embolization
Author(s) -
Ching-Yi Lee,
ShiuJau Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
formosan journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2213-5413
pISSN - 1682-606X
DOI - 10.1016/j.fjs.2016.02.002
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioblastoma , resection , surgery , embolization , radiology
SummaryCerebral hemangioblastomas are vascular tumors and rarely occur in supratentorial locations. Here we present a case of a 52-year-old woman with a supratentorial hemangioblastoma mimicking a meningioma. Brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intensely contrast-enhanced dural-based solid mass in the left frontal region. We demonstrate that vascular supratentorial hemangioblastomas can be resected with limited blood loss through preoperative middle meningeal artery embolization