[Diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord hemangioblastoma]
Da-ming Cui1, Xiao-ming Che, Qi-wu Xu
1Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Objective:
To study the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord hemangioblastoma.
Method:
The clinical data of 42 patients with spinal cord hemangioblastoma who were operated on between 1997 and 2005 were analyzed.
Result:
Spinal cord hemangioblastoma mostly showed space occupying lesions with clear boundary and Dd-DTPA homogenous enhancement by MRI. All the 42 patients underwent complete excision. 27 patients showed improvement of their symptoms, the 6 patients failed to show any change, and neurological deficits were aggravated in the 5 patients.
Conclusion:
MRI and DSA are helpful in qualitative and localized diagnoses of the spinal cord hemangioblastoma. Surgical outcomes are favorable.
