Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Is, M.
• Gezen, F.
• Alper, M.
• Yildiz, H.K.
• Akyuz, F.

Titel

Epidural extension of a lumbar vertebral haemangioma

Ist Teil von

• Journal of clinical neuroscience, 2006-07, Vol.13 (6), p.687-690

Ort / Verlag

Scotland: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Vertebral haemangiomas are relatively common, but those extending into the epidural space are rare. A 59-year-old man with severe lower back and right leg pain that did not resolve with conservative treatment was seen in an outpatient clinic. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine identified an L3 vertebral corpus lesion with epidural extension. The diagnosis was unclear, so the patient underwent surgery. The pathologic diagnosis was capillary haemangioma, so angiography-guided embolization was performed postoperatively. Vertebral haemangioma must be considered when there is evidence of a vertebral corpus lesion with epidural extension on magnetic resonance imaging.