OBJECTIVE: Intramedullary @entity279 are rare @entity5 , accounting for just 3% of all @entity5 . The purpose of this study is to define the occurrence of @entity279 and to analyze the role of the radiological studies and surgery for these lesions. METHODS: The charts of 19 consecutive @entity1 operated on for isolated @entity279 were reviewed. Preoperatively, all @entity1 underwent magnetic resonance imaging and nine underwent spinal angiography. For all @entity1 , the surgical approach was via posterior laminectomy. RESULTS: Our study sample comprised 6 @entity1 and 13 @entity1 , with an average age of 31.5 years (range, 16-75 yr). The mean prodrome was 20.8 months. @entity158 was the most common complaint. In all cases, the @entity5 were associated with a syrinx or @entity4 . Gross total resection was achieved in all @entity1 . At last follow-up examination (mean, 50.1 mo), 13 @entity1 (68%) had improved and 6 @entity1 (32%) had stabilized as compared with their preoperative clinical status. CONCLUSION: Isolated intramedullary @entity279 typically have an indolent clinical course. These @entity5 have characteristic imaging properties on magnetic resonance imaging and angiography. Surgical removal of these lesions results in excellent long-term functional outcome.

Surgical management of XXXX of the spinal cord.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity279 :: ('MESH:D018325', 'Disease') :: ['spinal intramedullary hemangioblastoma', 'isolated intramedullary hemangioblastomas', 'hemangioblastomas'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['intraspinal neoplasms', 'neoplasms', 'tumors'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['edema'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain']
@entity279 :: (MESH:D018325,Disease) :: ['isolated hemangioblastomas']
