Intramedullary Cavernous Hemangioma of the Cervical Spine

A Case Report

Abstract

We experienced a rare case of intramedullary cavernous hemangioma of the cervical cord. A 43 year-old male had been injured in a traffic accident, receiving a C6 dislocation fracture. He was sent to our hospital complaining of numbness of his left arm. MRI revealed an intramedurally tumor of the cervical spine. We planned an initial A. S. F. of C 6/7 followed by tumorectomy later. His symptoms worsened, so we resected the tumor under a microscope and monitored the outcome. The pathologic diagnosis was a cavernous hemangioma. He has a disturbance of fine finger movement, but can walk well.