Cavernous hemangiomas occur frequently in the intracranial structures but they are rare in
the spine, with an incidence of 0.22 cases/million/year, which account for 5–12% of the …

Purpose Cavernous hemangiomas with a spinal epidural location are very uncommon
vascular tumors in contrast to those in the vertebral body. The purpose of this study was to …

Pure epidural cavernous hemangiomas are quite rare. In this paper, a case of lumbar
epidural cavernous hemangioma presenting as a lumbar radiculopathy is presented. The …

Background Pure epidural cavernous hemangiomas without bony involvement are rare,
representing 4% of all spinal epidural tumors. Most of these are case reports and are easily …

✓ Epidural cavernous hemangiomas are increasingly identified as a cause of acute or
chronic progressive spinal cord syndrome and local back pain or radiculopathy. The authors …

Spinal intradural extramedullary cavernous angiomas: report of four cases and review of the
literature Page 1 British Journal of Neurosurgery 1997;11(3):228±232 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Spinal …

Background Cavernous malformations are characterized by enlarged vascular structures
located in benign neural tissues within the cerebellum and spinal cord of the central nervous …

Spinal epidural cavernous hemangiomas are very rare; only 18 cases have been reported in
the literature. The authors describe the case of a 38-year-old male whose first symptom was …

Study Design. Five cases of epidural spinal cavernous hemangioma submitted to magnetic
resonance imaging and surgery were reviewed. Objective. To correlate different magnetic …

Discussion Cavernous hemangiomas, also called cavernous angiomas, are congenital
vascular malformations of unknown origin that frequently are considered to be hamartomas …