Surgical Treatment of Hemangioblastoma in the Pituitary Stalk: An Extremely Rare Case.
10.3349/ymj.2016.57.2.518
- Author:
Jaejoon LIM
1
;
Sunghyun NOH
;
Kyung Gi CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Bundang CHA Medical Center, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. sandori50@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Hemangioblastoma;
pituitary gland;
surgery;
radiosurgery
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cerebellar Neoplasms/pathology/*surgery;
Female;
Hemangioblastoma/pathology/*surgery;
Humans;
Pituitary Gland/*pathology;
Treatment Outcome
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2016;57(2):518-522
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hemangioblastoma (HBL) in the pituitary stalk is extremely rare. Only 16 such cases have been reported in the past and 5 cases have been treated with surgical procedure. Here, we report surgical case of HBL in the pituitary stalk diagnosed in a 34-year-old woman. The patient underwent a gross-total resection via the modified lateral supra-orbital approach. No recurrence was observed in two years after surgery. To our knowledge, this is the 17th case of HBL in the pituitary stalk and the 6th surgical case. If the tumor is symptomatic and the volume is over 5 cubic centimeters as in our case, we recommend that the surgical resection of the HBL in the pituitary stalk is a more safe and reasonable than radiotherapy.
