• World Neurosurg · Feb 2017

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    Extramedullar Cavernous Hemangioma with intra- and extradural growth and clinical symptoms of Brown-Séquard syndrome - Case report and Review of the Literature.

    • Bryndís Baldvinsdóttir, Gígja Erlingsdóttir, Ólafur Kjartansson, and Ingvar Hákon Ólafsson.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Landspítali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. Electronic address: bryndisbaldvins@gmail.com.
    • World Neurosurg. 2017 Feb 1; 98: 881.e5-881.e8.

    BackgroundPrimary spinal tumors are rare. Symptoms depend on the size and location of the tumor.Case DescriptionA patient presented with a rare clinical finding, Brown-Séquard syndrome. The symptoms were caused by an extramedullary tumor compressing on the thoracic spinal cord. Pathologic examination showed cavernous hemangioma with growth both intradurally and extradurally.ConclusionsThis is an extremely rare finding; to our knowledge, only 1 case report has been published before in which a spinal cavernous hemangioma had intradural and extradural growth. The clinical symptoms of Brown-Séquard syndrome have not been described before in the findings of spinal cavernous hemangiomas.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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