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Vol. 25. Issue 6.
Pages 286-289 (November - December 2014)
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Vol. 25. Issue 6.
Pages 286-289 (November - December 2014)
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Hemangioblastoma radicular extraforaminal de la raíz L4 derecha
Hemangioblastoma of the right L4 nerve root with radicular extraforaminal involvement
María Román-de Aragón
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, Trinidad Márquez, Alberto Isla, Álvaro Gómez-de la Riva
Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España
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Los hemangioblastomas son tumores benignos, hipervasculares, cuya localización más frecuente es a nivel de la fosa posterior o la médula espinal. Los hemangioblastomas radiculares representan menos del 2% del total.

Presentamos el caso de un paciente con un cuadro de dolor radicular en el territorio de la raíz L4 derecha a consecuencia de un hemangioblastoma radicular dependiente de dicha raíz.

El diagnóstico primario de esta patología suele ser erróneo, sospechándose esta entidad únicamente durante el acto quirúrgico. Dada la gran vascularización que presentan, es aconsejable intentar una embolización prequirúrgica para disminuir así el sangrado intraoperatorio y evitar lesiones en raíces elocuentes.

En nuestro caso, tras la devascularización del tumor y bajo control neurofisiológico, se consiguió una extirpación completa de la lesión sin evidenciarse déficit neurológico posterior.

Palabras clave:
Hemangioblastoma
Tumor radicular
Tumor extraforaminal
Tumor extramedular-extradural
Abstract

Hemangioblastomas are benign hypervascular tumours, which are frequently located at the posterior fossa or the spinal cord. Nerve root hemangioblastomas account for less than 2% of total cases. Sometimes the initial diagnosis can be inaccurate and the final diagnosis is not reached until the surgical procedure is performed. Given the high vascularisation of this particular kind of tumour, preoperative embolisation of the tumour is recommended to reduce surgical bleeding and minimise the risk of injuries to motor nerve roots.

In this particular case, the patient presented with radicular pain in the right L4 nerve root territory originated by a radicular extraforaminal hemangioblastoma. After tumour devascularization and under neurophysiological control, total excision of lesion was achieved without posterior neurological deficit.

Keywords:
Haemangioblastoma
Nerve root tumour
Extraforaminal tumour
Extradural-extramedullary tumour

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