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Published in: Child's Nervous System 2/2008

01-02-2008 | Case Report

Intramedullary spinal cord cavernous angioma in children: case report and literature review

Authors: Rémy Noudel, Fabien Litré, Mathieu Vinchon, Martine Patey, Pascal Rousseaux

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 2/2008

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Abstract

Introduction

Intramedullary cavernous angiomas (ImCA) of the spinal cord are very uncommon malformations especially in the pediatric population where only ten cases have yet been reported within the available literature.

Case report

In this paper, the authors report the case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with a T11 level hematomyelia because of a cavernous angioma. Microsurgical excision was performed with good clinical outcome and no magnetic resonance imaging evidence of residual cavernoma 30 months later.

Discussion

Despite the small number of cases reported in children, this one contributes to the literature identifying special features of presentation and management of ImCA for pediatric patients. Because a higher risk of recurrent bleeding has been demonstrated for ImCA, with dramatic clinical consequences, microsurgical removal remains the only definitive treatment.
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Metadata
Title
Intramedullary spinal cord cavernous angioma in children: case report and literature review
Authors
Rémy Noudel
Fabien Litré
Mathieu Vinchon
Martine Patey
Pascal Rousseaux
Publication date
01-02-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0441-3

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