title: Cavernous hemangiomas of the spinal cord: MR imaging.
abstract: In three patients with histologically proved cavernous hemangiomas of the spinal cord, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was superior to myelography, delayed computed tomography (CT) myelography, and contrast-enhanced CT in depicting the lesion. The presence of mixed subacute and chronic hemorrhage, suggested by mixed high- and low-signal-intensity components of these lesions on MR images, may be characteristic of this rare, intramedullary vascular malformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melanson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*