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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul-Dec;6(2):439-42.
doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.160030.

Rare case of multiple aggressive vertebral hemangiomas

Parag Suresh Mahajan  1 , Abhilash Pulincherry Jayaram  1 , Vidya Chander Negi  1
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Rare case of multiple aggressive vertebral hemangiomas

Parag Suresh Mahajan et al. J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2015 Jul-Dec.

Abstract

A case of a 42-year-old man with back pain associated with left radiculopathy and infiltrative mass involving the T12 and L5 vertebrae is described. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography indicated aggressive hemangiomas involving the T12 and L5 vertebrae. Three-year follow-up by imaging indicated minimally increased aggressiveness of the L5 lesion without any significant change in appearance of the T12 lesion thus, confirming the initial diagnosis of multiple aggressive vertebral hemangiomas.

Keywords: Aggressive hemangioma; computed tomography; magnetic resonance; spine; vertebral hemangioma.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Magnetic resonance images demonstrating aggressive hemangiomas of T12 and L5 vertebral bodies
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Figure 2
Computed tomography images demonstrating typical features of vertebral hemangiomas including at T12 and L5 levels
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Figure 3
Follow-up magnetic resonance images (MRI) 3a (top two rows of images) done after 1 year and 3b (bottom row of images) done after 3 years of initial MRI reveal no significant interval change in T12 lesion and minimally increased severity of L5 lesion
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