Symptomatic Vertebral Hemangioma in Pregnancy Treated Antepartum. A Case Report with Review of Literature

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Journal Eur Spine J

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2008 Jan 29

PMID 18224354

Citations 18

Authors

Kamath Vijay

Ajoy P Shetty

S Rajasekaran

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Abstract

Pregnancy related compressive myelopathy secondary to vertebral hemangioma is a rare occurrence and its treatment antepartum is rare. We report a 22-year-old lady in her 26th-week of pregnancy who was treated in two stages--antepartum with a laminectomy and posterior stabilization. This resulted in complete recovery of the neurological deficits. She delivered a normal baby after 3 months, following which a corpectomy and fusion was performed. This two-staged approach appears safe and effective in treating symptomatic vertebral haemangiomas causing neurological deficits during pregnancy. A review of relevant literature has been done.

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