Hemangioblastoma ; Lumbar spine ; Extradural ; von Hippel-Lindau disease
Keywords
Hemangioblastoma ; Lumbar spine ; Extradural ; von Hippel-Lindau disease
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.