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The diagnosis was made in all patients after the onset of clinical symptoms. The age of the 9 men and 11 women ranged between 26 and 71 years (median 38.5 years). The duration of symptoms prior to referral ranged from 1 week to 9 years (median 6.5 months). At the time of referral, 4 patients had no significant neurological deficits, 10 patients suffered significant functional restrictions, and 6 patients presented with severe paraparesis and loss of functional strength. None of the patients had complete paraplegia. Seventeen patients underwent microsurgical removal, while 3 patients opted for conservative therapy. For the present analysis, the medical records and MR images and\/or reports were reviewed. Classification of length of history, pretreatment status, MR imaging pattern, and treatment modality was done and correlated with outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The cavernoma was located at the cervical level in 8 patients and between T-1 and L-1 in 12 patients. The cavernoma appeared as mainly T2 hyperintense on MR images in 7 patients, mainly T2 hypointense in 2 patients, and mixed in the remaining 10 patients. The craniocaudal extension of the core varied between 5 and 45 mm. In 2 patients with cervical cavernomas, a distinct T2 signal of the spinal cord cranial and distal to the cavernoma was seen, and in a patient with a large thoracic cavernoma, T2 extinction cranial and caudal to the cavernoma was seen as a sign of hemosiderosis. Neurological deficits improved postoperatively in 12 of the surgically treated patients, remained stable in 2, and deteriorated in 3. The 3 patients who were conservatively treated remained stable over a follow-up of 3\u20139 years. Postoperative improvement was seen in 5 of 7 surgical patients with a history of symptoms of 2 months or less, 5 of 6 patients with a history of 2\u201324 months, and in 2 of 4 patients with a history of more than 2 years. Two of the 3 patients with postoperative deterioration had a history of more than 2 years and the third a short history of 1 month.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although a satisfactory outcome can be achieved through surgical treatment of SCCMs, some patients worsen after surgery or during the postoperative course. Long-term stability is possible in oligosymptomatic conservatively treated patients. The prevalence and pathophysiological importance of segmental spinal cord edema and hemosiderosis is incompletely understood at the present time.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2010.6.focus10123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,9,1]],"date-time":"2010-09-01T10:23:13Z","timestamp":1283336593000},"page":"E13","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Prognostic factors for the outcome of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic spinal cord cavernous malformations: a review of a series of 20 patients"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Hans-Jakob","family":"Steiger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bernd","family":"Turowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"H\u00e4nggi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-0290013","series-title":"Epilepsia","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1627","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1528-1167.2008.01639.x","article-title":"Refractory status epilepticus during pregnancy secondary to cavernous angioma","volume":"49","author":"Aladdin","year":"2008"},{"key":"b2-0290013","series-title":"Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"471","DOI":"10.2176\/nmc.43.471","article-title":"Review of spinal epidural cavernous hemangioma","volume":"43","author":"Aoyagi","year":"2003"},{"key":"b3-0290013","series-title":"Ideggyogy Sz","first-page":"115","article-title":"Surgery of ventral intradural midline cervical spinal pathologies via anterior cervical approach: our experience","volume":"56","author":"Banczerowski","year":"2003"},{"key":"b4-0290013","series-title":"Clin Neurol Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"511","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clineuro.2009.02.003","article-title":"Intramedullary cavernous malformations: clinical features and surgical technique via hemilaminectomy","volume":"111","author":"Bian","year":"2009"},{"key":"b5-0290013","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"814","DOI":"10.3171\/2009.8.JNS09586","article-title":"Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of intracranial cavernous malformations: preliminary observations and characterization of the hemosiderin rim. 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