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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 30:12:126.
doi: 10.25259/SNI_795_2020. eCollection 2021.

Intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma of the thoracic cord: A case report

Masahiro Kawanishi  1 , Hidekazu Tanaka  1 , Yutaka Itoh  1 , Kunio Yokoyama  1 , Makoto Yamada  1 , Akira Sugie  1 , Akari Miyake  2
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Case Reports

Intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma of the thoracic cord: A case report

Masahiro Kawanishi et al. Surg Neurol Int. .

Abstract

Background: Spinal hemangioblastomas account for 1-3% of all spinal cord tumors and are mostly intramedullary in location. Here, we report an intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma of the thoracic spine, occurring in in a patient without von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Case description: A 58-year-old female had a 5-year history of progressive left lower extremity weakness. When the MR demonstrated an intradural/extramedullary lesion with a syrinx at the T2-3 level, she successfully underwent gross total tumor excision following which she neurologically improved.

Conclusion: Here, we report a rare case of an intradural/extramedullary thoracic hemangioblastoma successfully excised at the T 2-3 level in a patient without von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Keywords: Cyst; Extramedullary spinal tumor; Hemangioblastoma.

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
MRI of the thoracic spine. Left – T2-weighted MR images revealed a syrinx with edema. Center, right – T1-weighted Gd-enhanced image coronal and axial image revealing an extramedullary intradural isodense mass (arrow) at the Th2–3 level. Center, coronal view. Right, axial view.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Left – Intraoperative photograph. A triangle small orange tumor between the thoracic roots. The thin wall of cyst is also seen at caudal side. Right – feeder (left side red) and drainer (right side green) identified by intraoperative indocyanine green.
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