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What it mean atypical hemangioma found in spine mri?

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Dr. Leila Hashemi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Hemangioma: hemangioma refers to a mass of blood vessels that commonly occur on the subcutaneous tissues.Usually hemangiomas are benign and incidental finding on MRI, if the signal intensity or the color of the hemangioma looks unusual on MRI then it's called Atypical Hemangioma and above scan is usually needed to make sure there is no malignancy, please talk to ur ordering doctor.

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Vertebral: hemangiomas are common incidental findings on spine MRIs. They are generally of no concern, so much so that some radiologists might not bother mentioning them on the report. From a radiologist's point of view, calling a hemangioma atypical would indicate that the hemangioma doesn't completely fulfill all of the classic imaging criteria,but is still likely a hemangioma.

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