Extensive epidural hemangioma with skin and bone involvement. A case report.
METHODS
This is a case report.


OBJECTIVE
To report and to examine the clinical findings and management of epidural cavernous hemangioma.


BACKGROUND
Spinal epidural cavernous hemangiomatous malformation is a very rare entity. Only 20 cases of this disease have been reported in the literature.


METHODS
The case of a 20-year-old woman with spinal epidural cavernous hemangioma was reviewed.


RESULTS
The clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapy of this disease are discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
The treatment of epidural hemangioma consists of total or subtotal excision of the lesion, depending on the relation of the lesion to the spinal cord.
Faleh-Tamimi
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Section of Neurosurgery, Jordan University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Tamimi
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D000328:Adult; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*