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Successful Surgical Removal of an Asymptomatic Optic Nerve Hemangioblastoma in von Hippel–Lindau Disease
Author(s) -
Raila Frank A.,
Zimmerman James,
Azordegan Phillip,
Fratkin Jonathan,
Parent Andrew D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon19977148
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioblastoma , asymptomatic , von hippel–lindau disease , magnetic resonance imaging , optic nerve , radiology , disease , surgery , pathology , ophthalmology
An asymptomatic patient with a family history of von Hippel–Lindau disease carried the abnormal gene for this disease. An imaging survey that consisted of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and cerebral angiography revealed an optic nerve hemangioblastoma. The potential for visual loss in the future was the indication for microsurgical intervention. This was the first asymptomatic optic nerve hemangioblastoma to be imaged and the first to be successfully removed without any permanent neurological deficits or vision loss.