What is a vertebral body hemangioma?

Benign Vascular: Tumors, they are common and seen in up to 20% of adults spine. They usually do not cause any symptoms, but are just picked up incidentally on imaging studies.

Like a birth mark: Hemangioma in the skin is known as a 'strawberry mark' and is often found at birth. As many as 15 percent of people have a hemangioma in the bone and don't know it! Now that we do MRI we see these frequently as a bright spot in the vertebral body of the spine . They rarely need any treatment, when accurately diagnosed, but if they are very painful they can be treated with kyphoplasty.