Epidural spinal cavernous hemangioma.
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.
Hatiboglu
Mustafa Aziz
MA
Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. azizhatiboglu@yahoo.com
Iplikcioglu
A Celal
AC
Ozcan
Deniz
D
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