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Hi doctors, was just wondering what is a vertebral hemangioma?

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Dr. Clemens Schirmer answered

Specializes in Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery

Common and not bad: Its the most common benign (i.e. good as opposed to cancer) tumor one can have in the bones of the spine, about 1 in 10 people will have one. The can weaken the structure of the spine bones though can that can cause problems in itself but that should be visible on the MRI or X-ray that showed the hemangioma

Answered 12/24/2017

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A benign & common : tumor typically found in vertebra with the findings in about 11% of the population . It is a non cancerous growth or tumor of blood vessels that rarely causes any issues unless so large within the vertebral body that it then may compromise its strength and cause a collapse or fracture.

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