Solitary spinal epidural cavernous angiomas in children presenting with acute neurological symptoms caused by hemorrhage: Report of 2 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-93

  Sarikaya Seiwert, Sevgi ^a   Gierga, Kristin ^a   Wessalowski, Rüdiger ^a   Steiger, Hans Jakob ^a   Hänggi, Daniel ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Epidural space; Nerve root compression; Spine; Spontaneous epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLITARY SPINAL EPIDURAL CAVERNOUS ANGIOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL HEMATOMA; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 75449119314     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09203     Document Type: Article

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