title: Epidural spinal cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman presented with a rare primary epidural hemangioma without adjacent vertebral involvement manifesting as progressive paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine showed an epidural lesion at T4-5 space appearing as isointense on T1-weighted images with enhancement by contrast medium and hyperintense on T2-weighted images. The lesion was totally removed microsurgically. Histological examination revealed cavernous hemangioma. She made a complete recovery from her symptoms and has remained asymptomatic for 9 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. azizhatiboglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mustafa Aziz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hatiboglu
authors.forename: A Celal
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iplikcioglu
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae