title: Cervical spinal root cavernoma: case report and review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cavernous malformations in the spinal canal are rare. We review previous reports and present our own case of a cervical intradural extramedullary cavernoma, associated with a ventral cervical rootlet.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 65 year old woman presented with radicular pain and paresthesias of the neck and right arm. PubMed search was used to compare her case to those previously published.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cavernoma was successfully removed with excellent recovery and no deficits. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gross total resection of symptomatic lesions continues to be the recommended approach, and resection outcomes have restored function in all cases but one, where the deficit persisted.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Fraser
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-7506
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Daniel Carl
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Skipper
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cavernoma; cavernous malformation; cervical; cervical spine; dissection; laminectomy; surgery