title: Intramedullary cavernous angioma. Two case-reports.
abstract: Intramedullary cavernous angiomas are extremely rare. We retrospectively reviewed two cases in a 24-year-old man and 40-year-old woman. T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed the cavernoma at the cervical and lower thoracic spine, respectively. The patient with cervical involvement also had an asymptomatic cavernoma in the cerebellum. In both patients, the outcome was favorable after complete surgical removal of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Ryad, Rabat, Morocco. mostarchid@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: El Mostarchid
authors.forename: Jaoud
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lrhezzioui
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhddar
authors.forename: Bouchaib
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kadiri
authors.forename: Miloudi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gazzaz
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boucetta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome