Spinal Epidural Epitheloid Hemangioma – Case Report and Review of the Literature

Vol. 41, No. 3, 2005

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Case Report

Spinal Epidural Epitheloid Hemangioma - Case Report and Review of the Literature
Aliasgar V. Moiyadi^a, Dhananjaya I. Bhat^a, B. Indira Devi^a, Anita Mahadevan^b, S.K. Shankar^b, K.V.R. Sastry^a

Departments of
^aNeurosurgery and
^bNeuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

Address of Corresponding Author

Pediatric Neurosurgery 2005;41:155-157 (DOI: 10.1159/000085875)

Key Words

Epitheloid hemangioma
Spinal epidural hematoma
Spinal vascular malformation

Abstract

Epitheloid hemangiomas are benign vascular lesions composed of epitheloid endothelial-cell-lined channels. We report an unusual case of a purely extradural non-osseous spinal epitheloid hemangioma presenting with quadriparesis. A 5-year-old boy presented with neck pain and quadriparesis following a trivial fall. MRI revealed a mixed intensity extradural lesion compressing the cervico-thoracic spinal cord posteriorly. At surgery the lesion consisted of vascular granulation tissue admixed with blood clots without abnormal vessels. Bone was normal. Histopathology revealed it to be an epitheloid hemangioma. The case and relevant literature is reviewed.

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Dr. B. Indira Devi
Department of Neurosurgery
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Bangalore 560029 (India)
Tel. +91 80 699 5409, Fax +91 80 656 4830, E-Mail bindira@nimhans.kar.nic.in

Article Information

Received: August 4, 2004
Accepted after revision: January 10, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 12

Medline Abstract (ID 15995335)

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