title: Extraosseous, epidural cavernous hemangioma with back pain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cavernous malformations are characterized by enlarged vascular structures located in benign neural tissues within the cerebellum and spinal cord of the central nervous system. Cavernous hemangiomas (CHs) account for 5% to 12% of all spinal vascular malformations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We removed a hemorrhagic thoracic mass in a 40-year-old male patient who presented with progressive neurological deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found it appropriate to present this case due to its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Alanya Goverment Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Birol
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozkal
authors.affiliation: Departmant of Neurosurgery, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yaldiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Koç, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemır
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neurospinal Academy, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalbayrak
keywords: Epidural Neoplasms; Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System; Spine