Intramedullary cavernous haemangioma of spinal cord: a case report and literature review

A 27-year-old female patient with progressive paraparesis and incontinence of urine of 9 months duration was managed at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Neurosurgery unit, Department Of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa. Thoracic myelography showed an intramedullary mass at T3-T5 levels of the spinal cord. Histopathology revealed cavernous haemangioma. Near total surgical removal of the haemangioma was done. and the patient put on intensive physiotherap. Cavernous haemangioma should be suspected in the differential diagnosis of patients with progressive deterioration of spinal cord function. Total surgical excision of the lesion is the current treatment modality.