Microsurgical Resection of Cavernous Haemangioma around the Thoracic Neuroforamen: A Case Report

Abstract

Treatment for haemangioma of the spinal cord often results in extensive bony resection that necessitates fusion and/or instrumentation. We report on a 75-year-old man who presented with neuropathic pain and muscle weakness of both lower limbs, secondary to an epidural haemangioma at T11–T12, extending laterally into the neuroforamen. The tumour was resected within the neuroforamen after a partial laminectomy and limited medial foraminotomy at T11–T12, without disruption of the osseous continuity of the pars interarticularis, avoiding spinal stabilisation surgery.