Acute paraplegia by spinal angiolipoma. Case report and literature review

Spinal angiolipoma is an uncommon form of benign tumor. There are 142 reported cases and only one of acute paraplegia. We describe a case of a 39 year old male with acute spinal paraplegia angiolipoma in T4-T5 with surgical resolution three weeks after the onset of the neurological syndrome. Postope...

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Main Authors: Enrique Gonzalo Bovier, Emiliano Gardino, Lucas Nicolás Chemes, Federico Nogueira, Verónica Diana Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2014-01-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512014000200147&lng=en&tlng=en