TY - JOUR T1 - Spinal extradural cavernous haemangioma in an elderly man JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2012-006453 VL - 2012 SP - bcr2012006453 AU - Asifur Rahman AU - Saif Ul Hoque AU - Paawan Bahadur Bhandari AU - Abu Saleh Md Abu Obaida Y1 - 2012/08/09 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-006453.abstract N2 - Cavernous haemangiomas are vascular malformations that may affect any part of the central nervous system. Epidural haemangiomas are rare and constitute ∼4% of all epidural tumours and 12% of all intraspinal haemangiomas. These tumours enlarge slowly and produce symptoms of progressive myelopathy or radiculopathy or both. History, clinical examination, routine radiographs, MRI and histopathological studies are the aids for a definitive diagnosis. Surgery can give a very beneficial result with good functional and neurological improvement. Chance of recurrence is less after a good surgical removal. Here we present a case of spinal extradural cavernous haemangioma in a 65- year-old man who had a good functional and neurological recovery after surgery. At 9 months postoperative follow-up, he did well without any new problems with regard to recurrence. We report this case for its rarity. ER -