Thoracic spine hemangioma causing rapidly progressive myelopathy and mimicking a malignant tumor: A case report

Thoracic spine hemangioma causing rapidly progressive myelopathy and mimicking a malignant tumor: A case report

Vertebral hemangiomas are common benign tumors that are mostly asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally. Only 0.9–1.2% of all vertebral hemangiomas, termed aggressive vertebral hemangiomas, expand to cause pain and neural compression. We present an extremely rare case of a 49-year-old woman who...

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Main Authors: Shunpei Iida, MD, Fumiaki Kobayashi, MD, Ryutaro Kawano, MD, Kazuo Saita, MD, PhD, Satoshi Ogihara, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Hemangioma
Spine
Myelopathy
Vertebral
Tumor
Extraosseous
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043321000601

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