HEMANGIOMA OF THE SPINAL CORD

Abstract

Practically all who have reported cases of hemangioma of the spinal cord have referred to the lesion as most uncommon. Cobb,¹in 1915, was perhaps the first to make a serious attempt to review the subject. He reported one case from Cushing's clinic and found reports of seven others in the literature. Since then, other investigators have given attention to the subject, and it is now possible to collect reports of twenty-one cases. Most observers have contributed one case each, but Elsberg²mentions six, Adson³three and Dandy⁴two, and Sargent⁵gives a report of four patients personally observed and operated on. I can add one typical and one atypical case. While there are points of similarity in the clinical course in these cases, it is doubtful if anything like a typical picture can be drawn. Sargent points out that "variability in the symptoms" is