/cerebellar hemangioblastoma

cerebellar hemangioblastoma

Rare Disease

MONDO:0003901

Also Known As

angioblastoma of cerebellumangioblastoma of the cerebellumcerebellar angioblastomacerebellar capillary hemangioblastomacerebellar hemangioblastomacerebellum hemangioblastomahemangioblastoma of cerebellumhemangioblastoma of the cerebellum

Definition

A histologically benign tumor, usually cystic with a vascular mural nodule, that is most often found in the cerebellum though it has been reported at other sites within the neuraxis. It is associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL gene located on chr 3p25-26).