[A case of angioma of the spinal cord]

A case of angioma situated in the lumbosacral spinal cord is described in a man aged 35 years. During 10 months of conservative treatment and rehabilitation therapy the condition of the patient deteriorated, paralysis of lower extremities developed. The angioma was diagnosed during myelography. The patient was treated surgically, the angioma was removed, and after the operation and rehabilitation therapy an improvement of the neurological state was obtained.