Purely Spinal Epidural Capillary Hemangiomas

Capillary hemangiomas (CAs) are benign endothelial cell neoplasms that are often encountered superficially in the soft tissues of the head and neck region. Most of the reported purely spinal epidural hemangiomas have been of cavernous type, and the occurrence of purely spinal epidural CA is exceedingly rare, and there are only 12 reported cases of spinal epidural CAs in the English literature. Herein, the authors report the 13th case of purely spinal epidural CAs, and the clinical characteristics, histopathological features, and treatment were also investigated. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Minfeng Tong, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Jinhua Central Hospital, No 351, Mingyue Street, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province 86-321000, China; E-mail: tongminfeng001@126.com Received 29 November, 2017 Accepted 17 December, 2017 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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