title: Spinal intradural-intramedullary cavernous malformation. Case report and literature review.
abstract: Cavernous angiomas or cavernomas are uncommon vascular malformations of the central nervous system and spinal involvement is much rarer especially in pediatric patients. We report a case of spinal intradural-intramedullary cavernous angioma in a 14-year-old male child. The cavernoma was located at the level of C6-C7 at the dorsal part of the spinal cord. The diagnosis was made with MRI and the patient underwent surgical treatment. The cavernoma was totally removed with laminotomy and microsurgical techniques. Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring was also used peroperatively. The clinical, radiological and surgical features of this rare case were presented and discussed with reference to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mevki Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. abdbak@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savaş
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: Sükrü
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cağlar
authors.forename: Ozden
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sener
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*