Intermittent Myokymia as a Pointer to Hemangioblastoma of the Cervical Spine: A Case Report

Hemangioblastomas represent 3% of all central nervous system (CNS) tumors. The majority of CNS hemangioblastomas are infratentorial, with the cerebellum being the most frequent location, while 13% are found in the brainstem. Symptoms of brainstem hemangioblastomas can be very subtle and might theref...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Christian, Akhalbedashvili, Nino, Garcia Peraza, Maria, Boviatsis, Konstantinos Athanasios, Hund-Georgiadis, Margret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000494878
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Sumario:Hemangioblastomas represent 3% of all central nervous system (CNS) tumors. The majority of CNS hemangioblastomas are infratentorial, with the cerebellum being the most frequent location, while 13% are found in the brainstem. Symptoms of brainstem hemangioblastomas can be very subtle and might therefore be overlooked or misinterpreted. We report the case of a patient with a hemangioblastoma at the junction of the medulla oblongata and the cervical spine and provide a brief review of the literature.

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