Parafalcine Hemangioblastoma with no Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome Association: A Case Report
Aysegul Ozdemir Ovalioglu1*, Gokhan Canaz2 and Talat Cem Ovalioglu1
1 Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Basaksehir City Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
*Corresponding Author: Aysegul Ozdemir Ovalioglu, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Received: March 30, 2022 Published: April 21, 2022
Abstract
Sporadically occurring supratentorial hemangioblastomas are extremely rare tumors. Our aim is to report a detailed analysis of a parafalcine hemangioblastoma case and to contribute to the literature in terms of diagnosis and treatment of such neoplasm. We report a 37-years-old patient with a history of headache and mild forgetfulness. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed 1cm x 1,5cm x1cm lesion, adherent to falx cerebri, and MRI spectrograph confirmed only the presence of neoplasm but could not help with the differentiated diagnosis. After the preparations total excision of the lesion was performed with a preliminary diagnosis of metastasis. Histopathological examinations revealed that the lesion was a capillary hemangioblastoma and the genetic study of the patient was negative for von Hippel Lindau mutations. Sporadic supratentorial hemangioblastomas are rare but curable tumors. They can be easily misdiagnosed because their imaging characteristics are very similar to gliomas or meningiomas. Every detailed report carries important information about the diagnosis and treatment of such neoplasms.
Keywords: Hemangioblastoma, parafalcine, von Hippel Lindau, sporadic, supratentorial.
Citation: Ovalioglu AO, Canaz G, Ovalioglu TC. “Parafalcine Hemangioblastoma with no Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome Association: A Case Report”. SVOA Neurology 3:3 (2022) Pages 80-84.
