Abstract
A 45-year-old man presented with progressive numbness of lower extremities and unsteady
gait. Magnetic resonance imaging of the dorsal spine demonstrated multiple hyperintense
inactive vertebral hemangiomas on T-1 weighted images. There was an active hemangioma
involving D7 vertebral body and neural arch with epidural extension and spinal cord
compression. He underwent embolization of the main feeders of the lesion and subsequent
surgery. The patient's symptoms resolved after treatment. The clinical, magnetic resonance
imaging findings, and treatment of this condition are discussed.
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Publication history
Accepted:
August 1,
1996
Received:
March 1,
1996
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© 1998 Elsevier Science Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
