Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature

Capillary hemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms. When associated with the spine, these growths frequently involve the vertebral body, but rarely have they been reported to occur as intradural lesions, while even more rarely occurring in a true intramedullary location. We report a rare case of an...

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Autores principales: Kasukurthi, Rahul, Ray, Wilson Z, Blackburn, Spiros L, Lusis, Eriks A, Santiago, Paul
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139881
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e10
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author Kasukurthi, Rahul
Ray, Wilson Z
Blackburn, Spiros L
Lusis, Eriks A
Santiago, Paul
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description Capillary hemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms. When associated with the spine, these growths frequently involve the vertebral body, but rarely have they been reported to occur as intradural lesions, while even more rarely occurring in a true intramedullary location. We report a rare case of an intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spinal cord and a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-29944372010-12-07 Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature Kasukurthi, Rahul Ray, Wilson Z Blackburn, Spiros L Lusis, Eriks A Santiago, Paul Rare Tumors Case Report Capillary hemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms. When associated with the spine, these growths frequently involve the vertebral body, but rarely have they been reported to occur as intradural lesions, while even more rarely occurring in a true intramedullary location. We report a rare case of an intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spinal cord and a review of the literature. PAGEPress Publications 2009-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2994437/ /pubmed/21139881 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e10 Text en ©Copyright R. Kasukurthi et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0)
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Lusis, Eriks A
Santiago, Paul
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title Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
title_full Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
title_short Intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
title_sort intramedullary capillary hemangioma of the thoracic spine: case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139881
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e10
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