Tumors of the cerebellum and IV. ventricles in adults
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Gliomas
For more information see Gliomas of the brain (classification, symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment).
Ependymoma
Hemangioblastoma
- formerly called angioreticulum
- in 80% it is a spontaneously occurring tumor
- 20% are part of a genetically determined syndrome - von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) (CNS hemangiomas, retinal angiomatosis, cysts of parenchymatous organs)
- 25% of them have kidney cancer, phaeochromocytoma and more often also pancreatic cancer!
- is benign, mainly affects younger individuals
- is most often in the cerebellum
- is often cystic or may be solid, highly vascularized
- it is the cystic form that is dangerous, because it can start to increase rapidly and is life-threatening with an acute occipital herniation!
- clinical picture – cerebellar syndrome and intracranial hypertension syndrome
- in 20%, polyglobulia from ectopic EPO production is a tumor
- diagnosis - preferably on MRI with Gd contrast - cyst with hyperdense tumor nodule
- therapy – cystic hemangioblastoma is always an indication for urgent surgery!, a cone can occur at any time and death can occur within minutes, it is necessary to look for VHL disease in the family, look for cysts on the organs with a sonogram, ...
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