Ts. Ellis et al., EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA OF THE LUMBAR VERTEBRAL COLUMN - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE, Neurosurgery, 38(2), 1996, pp. 402-406
EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA IS a recently described, rare vasofor
mative vascular tumor of variable biological behavior. Its principal s
ites of occurrence are soft tissues, liver, lung, and bone. There have
been no formal case reports of this tumor occurring in the vertebral
column, and there are no reports in the literature of surgical treatme
nt for vertebral epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. We present a case o
f primary vertebral epithelioid hemangioendothelioma occurring in the
L2 vertebral body. Surgical treatment, pathological findings, imaging
characteristics, and a review of the literature are presented.