title: Symptomatic enlarged cervical anterior epidural venous plexus in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
abstract: A 38-year-old man with Marfan syndrome presented with headache and neck pain. MR imaging revealed a large enhancing mass in the cervical anterior epidural space. Cervical laminectomy with biopsy of the lesion revealed a large engorged anterior epidural venous plexus (AEVP). Marfan syndrome may predispose the patient to enlargement of AEVP secondary to a vessel wall abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, University of California at San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Jay Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Mitchel S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*