A rare case of hemangioma of infancy presenting as intraspinal hemorrhage: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 429-434

  Ksendzovsky, Alexander ^a   Glick, Roberta ^b,c,d   Utset, Manuel ^e   Tomita, Tadanori ^f   Srinivasan, Gopa ^g  

^a The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e John H Stroger Hospital   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioma of infancy; Intraspinal hemorrhage; Vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA OF INFANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649090632     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.PEDS08238     Document Type: Article

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