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A Rare Von Hippel-Lindau Disease That Mimics Acute Myelitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Journal Neurol Sci
Specialty Neurology
Date 2010 Oct 8
PMID 20927563
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Abstract

Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) comprises a series of complicated clinical manifestations. We hereby report one unique case of VHL with a natural history that mimics acute myelitis. MRI and biopsy in this patient showed multiple solid hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and kidney. This study further confirmed that VHL is of highly clinical, imaging, and pathological heterogeneity. Diagnosis for VHL should be based on combination of clinical, radiological, pathological, and genetic data.

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