• Sofiene Bouali, Nidhal Maatar, Asma Bouhoula, Khansa Abderrahmen, Jalel Kallel, and Hafedh Jemel.
• Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: sofienebouali@hotmail.fr.
• World Neurosurg. 2016 Aug 1; 92: 587.e1-587.e7.

BackgroundThe occurrence of intradural extramedullary capillary hemangiomas is exceedingly rare. To date, only 39 cases of intradural extramedullary capillary hemangiomas have been reported in the English literature, and all of these cases have been described at the lumbar and thoracic spinal levels. To our knowledge, this report is the first case of capillary hemangiomas of the cervical spine in the literature. In general, this entity is misdiagnosed preoperatively as a neoplasm.Case DescriptionA 29-year-old man presented with neck pain and progressive gait disturbance, and was diagnosed with an intradural extramedullary capillary hemangioma in the cervical region.ConclusionsAlthough rare, our case demonstrates that capillary hemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intradural extramedullary tumor of the cervical spine.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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