Sir, A 49-year-old man was admitted with a 2-year history of progressive worsening headache, episodic vomiting, and incidental polydipsia and hyperuresis. There was no family history of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. The preoperative endocrinological pro?le was normal. Magnatic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 1.9-cm globular solid tumor in the suprasellar region [Figure 1]a-c. Total resection was performed via a right frontal-temporal craniotomy. The obviously enlarged edematous optic nerve was seen. The top and lateral sides of the tumor were easily peeled from the optic pathway and the wall of the third ventricle. The histological diagnosis was hemangioblastoma (HBL) [Figure 2]. The molestation of the pituitary stalk resulted in panhypopituitarism, which recovered after management with substitutive therapy after 6 months. There was no recurrence during a follow-up period of more than 3.5 years [Figure 1]d.
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