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Hemangioblastoma of the cauda equina - a case report

Publication at Central Library of Charles University |
2010

Abstract

Hemangioblastomas are rare lesions, accounting for 15% of all spinal cord tumors. Seventy-five per cent of them are intramedullary.

Lesions of the conus medullaris and the cauda equina are sporadic and typical in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. We describe the case of a 58-year-old man presenting with radicular pain.

Magnetic resonance images revealed a hyperintense tumor of the cauda equina. Surgical intervention consisted of an L2 laminectomy and complete en-bloc resection of a reddish-brown, highly vascular lesion.

Histopathological study identified it as a hemangioblastoma. Von Hippel-Lindau disease was not proven.