An intraorbital hemangioblastoma of the optic nerve is reported in a 23-year-old woman with von Hippel-Lindau disease. The absence of dural attachment and the microscopic findings were characteristic of hemangioblastoma. Four years later the patient developed a cystic hemangioblastoma in the left cerebellum which was successfully treated.
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