Mastronardi L, Ferrante L, Scarpinati M, Gagliardi F M, Celli P, Fortuna A
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
Neurosurgery. 1991 Dec;29(6):924-6. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199112000-00023.
Cavernous angiomas represent 5 to 12% of spinal vascular malformations and usually are located at the vertebral body level with possible extension into the extradural space. The intradural intramedullary cavernoma occurs in about 3% of cases, whereas extramedullary localization is extremely rare. A new case of an intradural extramedullary cavernous angioma is reported, and the clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of this rare malformation are analyzed.
