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hemangioblastoma
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hemangioblastoma /he·man·gio·blas·to·ma/ (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.
he·man·gi·o·blas·to·ma (h-mnj--bl-stm)
n.
A benign, slowly growing, cerebellar neoplasm composed of capillary-forming endothelial cells. Also called angioblastoma.
hemangioblastoma
[hēman′jē·ōblastō′mə] pl. hemangioblastomas, hemangioblastomata
Etymology: Gk, haima + angeion, vessel, blastos, germ, oma, tumor
a brain tumor composed of a proliferation of capillaries and of disorganized clusters of capillary cells or angioblasts, usually occurring in the cerebellum.


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Most hemangioblastomas are solitary, have a benign clinical course and occur sporadically, but one third of all patients with hemangioblastoma have von Hippel-Lindau (vHL) disease.
Intradural Extramedullary Leptomeningeal Hemangioblastomatosis and ... by Rageshree Ramachandran and Han Sung Lee and Brandy Matthews and Alan Shatzel and Tarik Tihan / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
A further workup was undertaken to look for evidence of VHL disease--such as retinal hemangioblastomas, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, renal cysts, pheochromocytoma, or pancreatic tumors (12)--and no such abnormalities were detected.
Endolymphatic sac tumor: a report of 3 cases and discussion of ... by Maceri, Dennis / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
2 Histologically, hemangioblastomas are characterized by an interlacing vascular network, which surrounds stromal or interstitial cells.
Successful Removal of a Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma in a Combat ... by Daniel J Donovan and John I Iskandar and Michael J Citrone and Michael C Royer / Military Medicine
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