Open Access“Spinal intramedullary cavernous venous malformation”: A dormant volcano
Author(s) -
Vishal Jain,
Sanjay Kumar,
Rohan Kumar Singh,
Satyabhuvan Singh Netam,
Savyasachi Jain,
Pratibha Jain Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.12.006
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , venous malformation , cavernous malformations , vascular malformation , radiology , intramedullary rod , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , psychiatry
Cavernous venous malformations are a well recognized major pathologic categories of vascular malformations of the nervous system usually an incidental finding on routine imaging. These lesions are relatively rare in spinal cord and whenever present can lead to severe neurological deterioration due to significant hemorrhage and consequent mass effect. We present two such cases of spinal cord involvement and in brief described their imaging feature. They need to be armed with the appropriate knowledge of how to recognize and timely intervene