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. 2015 Aug 10:6:133.
doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.162551. eCollection 2015.

Capillary hemangioma of the cauda equina

Fabrizio Pignotti  1 , Antonella Coli  1 , Eduardo Fernandez  1 , Nicola Montano  1
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Capillary hemangioma of the cauda equina

Fabrizio Pignotti et al. Surg Neurol Int. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Sagittal (a) and axial (b) postcontrast T1-weighted spinal magnetic resonance imaging showing a well-circumscribed lesion at L2 level with intense enhancement after gadolinium administration
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intraoperative view of lesion. The lesion appeared as a white reddish elliptical-nodular lesion intimately involved with the nerve root displacing the cauda equina (a) Enlarged vessels were also evident along the nerve root (b, white arrow). After dissecting the lesion from cauda equina and cutting the originating nerve root distally (c) the lesion was totally removed (d)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histological picture (a) of the surgical specimen shows many, variably sized, thin-walled vascular channels lined by endothelial cells with interposed nerve fibers (black arrows) (H and E, original magnification ×20). Immunohistochemical staining (b) for neurofilament protein highlights the nerve fibers interspersed among the vascular spaces. The lesion was also positive at S-100 staining (not showed) (original magnification ×20)
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