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Spinal intramedullary cavernous angioma in a patient with Down's syndrome
1Department of Neurosurgery, North Staffordshire Hospital Center, Stoke-on-Trent, U.K.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
A rare case of cervical intramedullary cavernous angioma in a 30-year-old man with Down's syndrome is presented. A review of the literature showed this to be the first reported case. Magnetic resonance imaging was diagnostic. A myelotomy was done and multiple biopsies were taken. The patient deteriorated neurologically and later died due to severe chest infection. The presentation, management and prognosis of this condition are discussed.