A very unusual case of sellar-sphenoid sinus hemangioblastoma without
stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease is presented. Subtotal excision
of tumor was done via an extended frontobasal approach. Diagnostic con
troversies between hemangioblastoma and angioblastic meningioma are di
scussed and the relevant literature reviewed. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Sci
ence Inc.