Cavernous angioma of the cauda equina producing subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report.
A case of a cavernous angioma of the cauda equina is presented. The patient was a 28-year-old man who experienced sudden low-back pain and headache without neurological symptoms. Lumbar puncture revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage. He had suffered a similar episode 3 years previously. Selective spinal angiography did not demonstrate any abnormal vascularity. Metrizamide myelography and magnetic resonance imaging were useful in demonstrating the presence of a tumor. Laminectomy at L1-3 and total removal of the tumor were performed without neurological deficit.
D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed