A Rare Case of Thoracal Spine Lymphangioma

Ercan Bal; Tuğberk Özdemir; Karabekir Ercan; Ayşe Dilşad Kuratmer; Fazlı Erdoğan; Mahmut Nedim Aytekin; Ömer Faruk Türkoğlu

Case Report

A Rare Case of Thoracal Spine Lymphangioma

Ercan Bal¹*, Tuğberk Özdemir¹, Karabekir Ercan², Ayşe Dilşad Kuratmer³, Fazlı Erdoğan³, Mahmut Nedim Aytekin⁴ and Ömer Faruk Türkoğlu⁵

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, Turkey

²Department of Radiology, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

³Department of Pathology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, Turkey

⁴Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey

⁵Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

Corresponding Author

Received Date: March 25, 2019; Published Date: April 04, 2019

Abstract

Lymphangiomas are benign hamartomatous lesions made of cysts and believed to be the result of lymphatic system’s abnormal development. They may be present in the spinal ekstradural space or more rarely in the intradural space. They are commonly confused with schwannoma, neurofibroma and meningioma at the stage of prediagnosis. A case of thoracic lymphangioma has been presented in the light of literature data in this case report.

Keywords: Ekstradural; Lymphangioma; Thoracal spine

Abbreviations: CT: Computed Tomography; MRI: Magnetic Resonant Imaging

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Citation

Ercan Bal, Tuğberk Özdemir, Karabekir Ercan, Ayşe Dilşad Kuratmer Fazlı Erdoğan, et al. A Rare Case of Thoracal Spine Lymphangioma. Arch Neurol & Neurosci. 3(1): 2019. ANN.MS.ID.000554.