Mondo Description Hemangioblastoma is a rare, benign, highly vascularized tumor of the central nervous system, most often located in the cerebellum or spinal cord, presenting in adulthood and manifesting with dizziness, nausea, malaise, headache, bladder or bowel dysfunction, numbness, weakness and pain in the upper or lower extremities, and often associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL). Exceptional cases of hemangioblastoma arising outside of the central nervous system have been reported.
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This disease has been annotated by GARD as a rare disease.
Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
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DOID:5241
GARD:0008232
MESH:D018325
NCIT:C3801
ONCOTREE:HMBL
Orphanet:252054
UMLS:C0206734
MONDO:0016748
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