Case reports metastasis of clear-cell renal carcinoma to cerebellar hemangioblastoma in von hippel lindau disease: Rare or not investigated?

Abstract

A new case of metastatic hypernephroma to cerebellar hemangio-blastoma is described in a patient affected by von Hippel-Lindau disease. To our knowledge this is the third reported case of metastasis of renal carcinoma to intracranial hemangioblastoma associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease. The real frequency of this pathological entity and its management are not well defined.