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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;20 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S157-60.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-010-1457-z. Epub 2010 May 21.

Capillary hemangioma of the cervical intervertebral disc

Ahmet Cetinkal  1 , Ahmet Colak, Kivanc Topuz, Cem Atabey, Ufuk Berber
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Case Reports

Capillary hemangioma of the cervical intervertebral disc

Ahmet Cetinkal et al. Eur Spine J. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

An anterior cervical decompression and fusion operation was complicated by extensive bleeding from the disc space. Histopathological evaluation of the resected specimen revealed the diagnosis as the very first reported case of capillary hemangioma in intervertebral disc space. Retrospective review of the preoperative MRI demonstrated supporting findings of a capillary hemangioma within the cervical intervertebral disc.

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a Preoperative sagittal X-ray (the spinous fracture of C5), b postoperative sagittal X-ray
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a Sagittal T2WMRI (asterisk the heterogeneity in C4–5 intervertebral disc space. At the anterior part of C4–5 disc could be seen slightly hyperintense area), b axial T2WMRI of C4–5 (asterisk)
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A pathological view of capillary hemangioma (Hemotoxylin eosin, ×40) (asterisk vascular proliferation and numerous endothelial lined capillaries)
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