Pure lumbar foraminal cavernous malformation in a patient with Cowden syndrome-a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal cavernous malformations (CMs) are slow flow venous vascular malformations which can occur in vertebral body, epidural space or intramedullary. Only 7 cases were described confined in foraminal space. Cowden syndrome (CS) is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis that may present and develop vascular malformations, which include CM. They were found intracranial, and rarely visceral. No association with spinal CM and CS has been reported to date.

Case description

A 46-year-old patient with CS came to our attention with a L5 radiculopathy secondary to a slow-growing intra-foraminal mass lesion, with bony scalloping. The lesion mimicked a schwannoma at radiological imaging and intraoperative findings. En bloc resection with root sacrifice was performed. No

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9547691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature