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We're picking up on this 29-year-old with nausea,

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vomiting, and headaches.

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T1 non-contrast,

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T2 and T1 with contrast,

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or T1-appearing image.

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And we've got a cystic mass in the posterior fossa.

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It's not producing obstruction to the fourth ventricle,

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important pertinent negative.

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And it has a nodule.

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The nodule has a little cyst in it on the T2,

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and the nodule enhances on the T1, FLAIR contrast.

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We also established in a prior vignette,

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there is a solid subpial nodule in

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the left cerebellar hemisphere.

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This is the second most common appearance

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of Von Hippel-Lindau,

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about 33% of the time.

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And the solid lesions are usually smaller.

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We've got another solid lesion down low right there.

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So we've got a total of three lesions.

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And we established in a prior vignette that this most

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likely is going to be Von Hippel-Lindau

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or cerebello-retinal hemangioblastomatosis.

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So tell me the criteria.

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Feed me the criteria for Von Hippel-Lindau.

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So the criteria for Von Hippel-Lindau include CNS

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and retinal hemangioblastomas, as we discussed,

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hemangioblastoma and one of the following: either renal

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cysts, pancreatic cysts, hepatic cysts, epididymal cysts,

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and even possibly lung cysts.

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Additionally,

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pheochromocytoma and renal cancer are additional criteria.

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Now, there's another set of criteria related to family history.

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What would be that criteria?

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So, the family history in one of the following.

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So, hemangioblastoma, visceral lesions,

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pheochromocytoma and renal cancer.

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All right.

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So in this patient, we're going to focus on three areas,

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and that would be

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the globe,

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the ear, and the cerebellum.

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We've already started with the cerebellum.

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So what are we looking for in the ear?

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So, in the ear,

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you're looking for endolymphatic sac tumor.

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And what are we looking for in the globe?

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Either a retinal...

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mass within the globe,

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possible retinal detachment,

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any enhancing...

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avidly enhancing lesion.

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Yeah.

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And so, if somebody shows up with a retinal detachment,

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or say phthisis bulbi, a shrunken globe,

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and they've got a cerebellar mass,

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like a cystic mass with a nodule,

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first thing you ought to think of is cerebello

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retinal hemangioblastomatosis,

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otherwise known as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.

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Let's move on, shall we?

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Let's RNP out.

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Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

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Syndromes

Pediatrics

Neuroradiology

Neoplastic

MRI

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