Journal Article

Epidural capillary hemangioma: A review of the literature

Karaali, Kamil, Açıkbaş, Sabri Cem, Gurer, Elif Inanc, Gencpinar, Pinar, Duman, Ozgur, Haspolat, Senay, Arslan, Murat, Nur, Banu Güzel

2014

Overview

•Capillary hemangiomas in the spinal epidural area are extremely rare.•Only seven cases of capillary hemangioma have been reported in the English literature, and all of these occurred in adulthood.•Our study describes the youngest patient in the literature. Hemangiomas in the spinal epidural area are very rare lesions, and most of these lesions are of the cavernous type. Only seven cases of capillary hemangiomas have been reported in the English literature, and all of these cases occurred in adulthood. Here, we report on a 17-month-old girl who presented with an inability to walk. MRI revealed an epidural mass, which was diagnosed as an epidural capillary hemangioma in the thoracic region. To our best knowledge, this case is the first epidural capillary hemangioma case to occur in childhood that has been reported.

• Publisher: Elsevier B.V,Elsevier Limited
• Subject: Back pain / Capillary hemangioma / Childhood / Epidural hemangioma / Epidural Neoplasms - pathology / Female / Hemangioma, Capillary - pathology / Humans / Infant / Male / Medical imaging / Middle Aged / Mutation / Nervous system / Neurology / Neurosurgery / NMR / Nuclear magnetic resonance / Spinal cord / Vertebrae / Walking