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Spinal cord compression due to an extra-dural intra-vascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia of the thoracic spine.

Michele Lanotte, Luca Molinaro, Valentina Crudo, Pier Luigi Filosso, Stefania Greco Crasto, Federico Roncaroli, and Paola Cassoni

Acta Neurochir (Wien) 152(5):877-80 (2010) PMID 19763392

We present a case of spinal cord compression in a 33-year-old male due to a T6-T7 paravertebral mass extending through the intervertebral foramen into the vertebral canal. Histopathological feature was consistent with an intra-vascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia. Differential diagnosis of the lesion and review of the literature are presented.

DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0502-3
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