Resection of Sporadic Spinal Hemangioblastomas

Abstract

un et al. (15) provide acomprehensive reviewof the current literature regarding sporadic spinal hemangioblastomas. As S mentioned, patients with these lesions, although rare, often require surgical treatment depending on the clinical scenario, because the lesions usually manifest with clinical symptoms that can be improved and the disease canbe cured. This article adds the experience obtained by Sun et al. (15) at AcibademUniversity from 1988 to 2011 to the literature. Although their experienceduring this time period only includes 14 patients, this number is significant because when this manuscript was accepted, only 271 cases of sporadic spinal hemangioblastomas had been reported in the literature. Since then, another recently published article (3) describes 60 patients with sporadic spinal hemangioblastomas. However, the meticulous discussion of sporadic spinal hemangioblastomas by Sun et al. (15) provides insight into the demographics, radiography, classification, and outcomes of these patients.