Table 1:

The main clinical features of hemangioblastomas and brain metastases

	Hemangioblastomas	Brain Metastases
No. of patients (male/female)	10:11	19:11
Mean age (yr)	41.1 ± 15.8	57.5 ± 12.0
Localization
Cerebellar hemisphere	19	5
Frontal lobe	1	12
Choroid fissure	1
Parietal lobe		8
Occipital lobe		1
Temporal lobe		4
Origin of brain metastases
Lung carcinoma		19
Breast carcinoma		2
Gastric carcinoma		2
Esophagus carcinoma		1
Liver carcinoma		2
Melanoma		1
Colon carcinoma		1
Carcinoma of unknown origin		2