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Hemangioma in l3 vertebrae is it cancer?
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Hemangioma: Hemangioma is a benign tumor of the blood vessel. It is not a cancer. However if it grows rapidly your doctor should make sure that it is not cancer like hemangiosarcoma etc.
Answered 11/2/2015
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No: Most likely an asymptomatic vascular anomaly found incidentally on mri.
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