title: Value of magnetic resonance imaging in spontaneous extradural spinal hematoma due to vascular malformation: case report.
abstract: A case of spinal cord compression due to spontaneous extradural spinal hematoma is reported. A spinal arteriovenous malformation was suspected on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging. Early surgical exploration allowed a complete neurological recovery. The vascular malformation was histopathologically confirmed. The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of acute spinal cord compression syndromes is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Niguarda Ca'Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bizzozero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Talamonti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery