Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome of 20 Children With Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformations
By Admin | October 04, 2019
BACKGROUND
No prior reports have focused on the natural history and long-term outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations (ISCCMs) in children.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of pediatric ISCCMs and identify the risk of hemorrhage.
METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed a series of 20 pediatric patients (<18 yr old) from a consecutive series of 254 patients with ISCCMs evaluated at a single institution.
For more information please read, Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome of 20 Children With Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformations, by Neurosurgery.