Symptomatic Vertebral Cavernous Haemangiomas

Abstract

Vertebral cavernous haemangiomas are vascular malformations. They are most commonly asymptomatic and often occasionally diagnosed. Four cases of spine cavernomas causing spinal cord compression and neurological disturbances treated in the Neurosurgical Department of Florence are reported. The chosen treatment was surgery, consisting in the removal of only the epidural component responsible for compression with its origin. Anatomoclinical and neuroradiological patterns are described. Therapeutic strategies, considering major complications and results, are discussed.