Conus Medullaris Hemangioblastoma a Case Report

Abstract

Hemangioblastomas of the spinal cord are rare lesions. Most commonly these tumors are present in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome. We describe here the case of a 35 years old woman with a pure radicular hemangioblastoma, not associated with VHL, presenting with radicular pain, diagnosed with magnetic ressonance imaging (MRI) and submitted to total resection with a very good outcome. The histological examination proved hemangioblastoma of the conus medullaris in a patient without clinical criteria for VHL.