Subarachnoid hemorrhage and onset of marginal hemosiderosis caused by a spinal cord cavernoma
Masson, C.; Chia, L.; Lehericy, S.; Rey, A.; Masson, M.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 152(1): 44-46
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 8729396 Document Number: 465968
An intradural cavernoma of the spinal cord located at T12 was identified in a 39-year-old man presenting with recurrent episodes of lower back pain on the basis of MRI findings. The patient was hospitalized for severe subarachnoid hemorrhage complicated with hydrocephalia requiring ventriculo-peritoneal draining. Marginal asymptomatic hemosiderosis of the spinal cord above the malformation was observed. The cavernoma which did not involve nervous tissue was removed surgically to avoid the risk of recurrent bleeding and further development of marginal hemosiderosis.