Surgical cure of hypertension in a patient with brainstem capillary haemangioblastoma containing neuropeptide Y.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a 29-year-old woman with persistent arterial hypertension which resolved following complete excision of a capillary haemangioblastoma from within the spinal cord at the cervico-medullary junction. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for neuropeptide Y in capillary walls and nerves in the tumour. This raises the possibility of an association between neuropeptide Y and the central control of blood pressure in man.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Stem
- Cerebellar Neoplasms
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hypertension
- Neuropeptide Y