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American Journal of Neuroradiology 25:1294-1296, August 2004
© 2004 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
SPINE

Thoracic Intradural Extramedullary Capillary Hemangioma

David C. Abdullah^a, Karthikram Raghuram^a, C. Douglas Phillips^a, John A. Jane, Jr.^b and Bradley Miller^c

^a Division of Neuroradiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
^b Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
^c Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

Address all correspondence to Karthikram Raghuram, MD, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Summary: We report a case of a thoracic intradural extramedullary capillary hemangioma. The MR imaging appearance was nonspecific for this lesion, and it could not be distinguished from more common spinal intradural extramedullary lesions. The presence of subtly enlarged abnormal vessels on contrast MR images should, however, lead one to consider a vascular mass and order preoperative spinal arteriography.