Intramedullary cavernous angioma. Two case-reports.
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.
El Mostarchid
Brahim
B
Neurosurgery Department, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Ryad, Rabat, Morocco. mostarchid@hotmail.com
Lrhezzioui
Jaoud
J
Akhddar
Ali
A
Kadiri
Bouchaib
B
Gazzaz
Miloudi
M
Boucetta
Mohamed
M
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