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cerebellar hemangioblastoma

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cerebellar hemangioblastoma,
hemangioblastoma of the cerebellum, often cystic. An autosomal-dominant form is associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

hemangioblastoma [he-man″je-o-blas-to´mah]
a benign blood vessel tumor of the cerebellum, spinal cord, or retina, consisting of proliferated blood vessel cells and angioblasts. Those arising in the cerebellum (cerebellar hemangioblastoma) may be cystic and associated with von hippel-lindau disease. Called also angioblastoma.
cerebellar hemangioblastoma hemangioblastoma of the cerebellum, often cystic; an autosomal dominant form is associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease.


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There are some inherited disorders: ataxia-telangiectasia which is associated with medulloblastoma, von Hippel-Lindau disease with cerebellar hemangioblastomas, and then metastatic tumors, tumors that spread to the brain from elsewhere that will cause an ataxia.
Cerebellar hemangioblastomas with VHL occur in younger patients and are often multiple.
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