Epidural haemangiomas during pregnancy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Two cases of vertebral haemangiomas are reported which presented as spinal cord syndromes during pregnancy. Eleven additional cases of epidural haemangiomas in the literature which became symptomatic during pregnancy are reviewed. In 11 out of 13 cases symptoms presented during the third trimester of pregnancy and in all but two cases the epidural lesions were in the upper six thoracic vertebrae. These features can be explained by the effect of the gravid uterus on the relatively sparse vascular supply of the upper thoracic spinal cord.

publication date

  • June 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Hemangioma
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Neoplasms
  • Thoracic Vertebrae

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC1028857

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022455889

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/jnnp.49.6.709

PubMed ID

  • 3734828

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 49

issue

  • 6