Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report

A 21-year-old Chinese gentleman with no known medical illness, presented with a history of right painless blurring of vision with central scotoma of two weeks duration. He also had a history of multiple episodes of seizures prior to presentation. Visual acuity was 1/60 with unremarkable anterior seg...

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Main Authors:	Raajini Devi K., Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Farizal Fadzil, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin
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Published:	Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/1/12._Raajini_et_al..pdf

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spelling	ukm-98382016-12-14T06:51:00Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/ Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report Raajini Devi K., Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Farizal Fadzil, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, A 21-year-old Chinese gentleman with no known medical illness, presented with a history of right painless blurring of vision with central scotoma of two weeks duration. He also had a history of multiple episodes of seizures prior to presentation. Visual acuity was 1/60 with unremarkable anterior segment findings and no relative afferent pupillary defect. Fundus examination of the right eye revealed dilated and tortuous retinal veins with multiple retinal capillary hemangiomas and sub retinal hard exudates at the macula with edema. A diagnosis of Von Hippel Lindau disease was made when a posterior fossa mass suggestive of hemangioblastoma with obstructive hydrocephalus was seen on computed tomography of the brain. Craniotomy with nodule excision was performed. The retinal capillary hemangiomas were treated with the combination of laser photocoagulation and intravitreal Ranibizumab injections. Visual acuity subsequently improved to 6/36. Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/1/12._Raajini_et_al..pdf Raajini Devi K., and Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, and Hazlita Mohd Isa, and Jemaima Che Hamzah, and Farizal Fadzil, and Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, (2016) Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report. Journal of Surgical Academia, 6 (1). pp. 54-58. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc/6/1
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description	A 21-year-old Chinese gentleman with no known medical illness, presented with a history of right painless blurring of vision with central scotoma of two weeks duration. He also had a history of multiple episodes of seizures prior to presentation. Visual acuity was 1/60 with unremarkable anterior segment findings and no relative afferent pupillary defect. Fundus examination of the right eye revealed dilated and tortuous retinal veins with multiple retinal capillary hemangiomas and sub retinal hard exudates at the macula with edema. A diagnosis of Von Hippel Lindau disease was made when a posterior fossa mass suggestive of hemangioblastoma with obstructive hydrocephalus was seen on computed tomography of the brain. Craniotomy with nodule excision was performed. The retinal capillary hemangiomas were treated with the combination of laser photocoagulation and intravitreal Ranibizumab injections. Visual acuity subsequently improved to 6/36.
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author	Raajini Devi K., Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Farizal Fadzil, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin,
spellingShingle	Raajini Devi K., Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Farizal Fadzil, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
author_facet	Raajini Devi K., Aida Zairani Mohd Zahidin, Hazlita Mohd Isa, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Farizal Fadzil, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin,
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title	Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
title_short	Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
title_full	Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
title_fullStr	Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
title_full_unstemmed	Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report
title_sort	hemangioblastoma in the setting of von hippel lindau disease: a case report
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9838/1/12._Raajini_et_al..pdf
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Hemangioblastoma in the setting of Von Hippel Lindau disease: a case report

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