Abstract
A 31-year-old blind man presented with numbness and weakness in the left hand, and elevated blood pressure. Multiple hemangioblastomas in the spinal cord associated with syringomyelia were well demonstrated by gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He also had pheochromocytoma in the right adrenal gland, which was disclosed by abdominal computed tomography, MRI and 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy. MRI screening should be considered for patients with von Hippel-Lindau gene to detect the multiple lesions in this disease.
MeSH terms
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Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
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Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / therapy
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Adult
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Hemangioblastoma / complications*
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Hemangioblastoma / diagnosis
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Hemangioblastoma / therapy
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Humans
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Hypertension / complications
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Hypertension / diagnosis
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Hypertension / therapy
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Pheochromocytoma / complications*
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Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis
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Pheochromocytoma / therapy
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications*
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / therapy
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Syringomyelia / complications*
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Syringomyelia / diagnosis
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Syringomyelia / therapy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications*
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von Hippel-Lindau Disease / diagnosis
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von Hippel-Lindau Disease / therapy