[Hemangioblastoma associated with syringomyelia and syringobulbia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis].

A 80-year-old woman with a 25-year history of seropositive, erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presented with a neurological clinical picture consistent with cervical cord compression, secondary to a hemangioblastoma with medulla, cerebellum and spinal cord involvement, with associated syringomyelia and syringobulbia. We present a review of the literature remarking the low frequency of this tumor (1%-2% of all intracranial tumors) and its exceptional presentation over the age of 70. We have not been able to find no cases of hemangioblastoma associated with rheumatoid arthritis, thus, we think, this association may be casual. Nevertheless, it emphasizes the need for careful evaluation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and neurological symptoms before ascribing them to complications due to the rheumatoid disease itself.