title: Spinal cord cavernous malformation in a patient with familial intracranial cavernous malformations.
abstract: The case of a 30-year-old woman with a hemorrhage caused by a rare intramedullary cavernous malformation is presented. The patient underwent laminectomy with total removal of the lesion. A cranial magnetic resonance imaging scan demonstrated multiple cavernous malformations. The patient's asymptomatic sister also had multiple intracranial cavernous malformations, one of which was associated with a venous malformation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Spetzler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics