Open AccessVertebral hemangioma an extremely rare cause of spinal cord compression in children: A case report
Author(s) -
Nilesh Jain,
Jitendra Tadghare,
Akhilesh Kumar Patel,
Amit Varma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_59_18
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord compression , hemangioma , spinal cord , neurological deficit , cord , decompression , lesion , surgery , thoracic vertebrae , surgical decompression , rare disease , radiology , pathology , lumbar vertebrae , disease , lumbar , psychiatry
Symptomatic benign vascular tumors of the bone are rare. Vertebral hemangiomas are rare detectable spinal tumors. Those presenting with neurological deficits are extremely rare. Early diagnosis and complete excision of the lesion with decompression of the cord is the definitive management in such cases. Delay in treatment may cause irreversible damage to the cord and may leave patient with lifelong neurological deficit. Here, we report a similar case of a thoracic vertebral hemangioma causing spinal cord compression in a child.