Suprasellar hemangioblastoma

J Neuroophthalmol. 2008 Dec;28(4):325-6. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183c633.

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman presented with disturbance of consciousness and decreased visual acuity caused by a suprasellar mass identified on MRI. A bifrontal interhemispheric approach allowed removal of the top and lateral sides of the tumor from the wall of the third ventricle. The hypothalamus appeared to be the origin of the mass, which proved to be hemangioblastoma, a rare tumor in this location.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD34 / analysis
  • Antigens, CD34 / metabolism
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Capillaries / pathology
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / surgery
  • Consciousness Disorders / etiology
  • Female
  • Hemangioblastoma / blood supply
  • Hemangioblastoma / pathology*
  • Hemangioblastoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Hypothalamus / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / analysis
  • Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / metabolism
  • Sella Turcica / anatomy & histology
  • Stromal Cells / pathology
  • Third Ventricle / pathology*
  • Third Ventricle / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vision, Low / etiology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD34
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1