TITLE:
Extradural Hemangioma of Thoracic Spine
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Aggouri, Ibrahima Berete, Meryem Himmich, Khalid Chakour, Chaoui Mohamed El Faiz Chaoui
KEYWORDS:
Cavernous Hemangioma, Epidural, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Myelopathy, Thoracic Spine
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery,
Vol.4 No.4,
October
22,
2014
ABSTRACT: A 50-year-old woman presented with mid-thoracic backache and progressive, spastic, paraparesis for 3 months. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural mass without bone lesion at the level of thoracic vertebrae (T7, T8 and T9). The mass had a paraspinal invasion. The spinal cord was compressed ventrally. The lesion was totally excised through an anterolateral transthoracic approach. Histopathological examination revealed a cavernous hemangioma. The patient improved dramatically after the excision of the lesion. We report this case for its rarity.