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Treatment of recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma with external radiotherapy in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report and review of the literature

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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, a multisystem familial cancer syndrome, is inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait. Common manifestations of the disease are retinal, cerebellar and medullary hemangioblastomas; renal cysts and carcinomas; pancreatic cysts; pheochromocytoma; and papilllary cystadenoma of the epididym. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with type I von Hippel-Lindau disease treated with external radiotherapy for recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Gulcin Ertas, Muzaffer Bedri Altundag & Ali Riza Ucer

  2. Med-Mar Radiologic Imaging Center, Ankara, Turkey

    Fatih Cankal

  3. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Kadri Altundag

  4. Kadri Altundag, 8181 Fannin street No. 728, Houston, TX, 77054, USA

    Kadri Altundag

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Ertas, G., Altundag, M.B., Ucer, A.R. et al. Treatment of recurrent cerebellar hemangioblastoma with external radiotherapy in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease: a case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 73, 273–275 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-004-5179-0

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