title: Extensive epidural hemangioma with skin and bone involvement. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, Jordan University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faleh-Tamimi
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Tamimi
mesh_terms: 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*