title: Lumbosacral abortive hemangioma with intradural extension.
abstract: Abortive hemangioma (AH) is a true hemangioma of infancy that expresses glucose transporter-1 protein in the endothelial cells, with an arrested growth cycle. We present the rare case of a lumbosacral AH with intramedullary extension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Virgen del Rocio Children's Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Martínez-Criado
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernández-Pineda
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merchante
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernabeu-Wittel
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; C495677:SLC2A1 protein, human