Case report: multiple hepatic and pulmonary haemangioblastomas--a new manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease

F P McGrath; R G Gibney; D C Morris; D A Owen; S R Erb

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81467-9

Case report: multiple hepatic and pulmonary haemangioblastomas--a new manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease

Clin Radiol. 1992 Jan;45(1):37-9. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81467-9.

Authors

F P McGrath¹, R G Gibney, D C Morris, D A Owen, S R Erb

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

PMID: 1740034
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81467-9

Abstract

Capillary haemangioblastomas rarely occur outside the central nervous system and have not been described previously in the lung or liver. We describe such lesions developing in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau complex who previously had cerebellar and spinal haemangioblastomas resected.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hemangiosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Hemangiosarcoma / etiology*
Hemangiosarcoma / secondary
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms / etiology*
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications*