Intramedullary hobnail hemangioendothelioma of the conus

Troy A Munson; Tibor Valyi-Nagy; Manuel Utset; Zachary Lewis; Sepideh Amin-Hanjani

doi:10.3171/2013.2.SPINE12730

Intramedullary hobnail hemangioendothelioma of the conus

J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 May;18(5):515-8. doi: 10.3171/2013.2.SPINE12730. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Authors

Troy A Munson¹, Tibor Valyi-Nagy, Manuel Utset, Zachary Lewis, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street, MC-799, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.

PMID: 23521687
DOI: 10.3171/2013.2.SPINE12730

Abstract

Hemangioendotheliomas have only rarely been encountered in the neuraxis. Here, the authors present a case of an intramedullary hobnail hemangioendothelioma of the spinal cord, the first case described of this particular pathological entity in the neuraxis. The authors discuss their treatment and review the pertinent literature regarding management.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Hemangioendothelioma / pathology*
Hemangioendothelioma / surgery
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Spinal Cord Compression / pathology*
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
Treatment Outcome