Postpartum cerebellar herniation in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To describe exacerbation during pregnancy of cerebellar hemangioblastoma in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. Case-report. A 21-year-old woman with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome was found on routine ocular examination to have severe papilledema 1 week after giving birth. Immediate magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a large cerebellar cyst from hemangioblastoma causing cerebellar tonsillar herniation. Immediate neurosurgical intervention was life saving. Worsening of intracranial hemangioblastoma during pregnancy in cases of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome should be realized and periodic neurologic and ophthalmologic observation is warranted.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebellar Neoplasms
- Encephalocele
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hemangioma, Capillary
- Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
- Retinal Neoplasms
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease