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^1,2,4,5,6Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
³Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Although hemangioblastomas may be seen in various locations of the central nervous system (CNS), intradural-extramedullary spinal hemangioblastomas are extremely rare. Hemangioblastomas are histologically benign lesions. They may cause important neurological deficits and may bleed during the operation. In our case, the tumour was located extramedullary at the conus medullaris level. In this report, we discuss spinal hemangioblastomas with this special localization. Keywords : Conus medullaris, Hemangioblastoma, Intraduralextramedullary