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hemangioma
by Thurst, Jun 12, 2008 09:41PM
I have been experiencing much neck and shoulder pain for several months. I had an MRI two weeks ago after insisting it from my PCM. Today my MRI showed that I have a hemangioma in the T1 region. I was told that it does not cause the pain that I am experiencing and that I should come back in 4 months for another MRI. Does anyone have any updated information on this problem? Please help.
This discussion is related to Spinal Hemangioma.
This discussion is related to Spinal Hemangioma.
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In spinal haemangioma,when symptoms occur, they can be vague and nonspecific. Vertebral collapse and epidural and or extraosseous extension can result in back pain. Neural compression can produce paralysis or paraplegia or bladder and bowel dysfunction, whereas radicular symptoms occur from nerve-root impingement.
The treatment includes-Radiation for the treatment of symptomatic hemangiomas that are surgically inaccessible,used in the treatment of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas .Selective arterial embolization is safer and more effective in the treatment of symptomatic vertebral lesions.
Open excision of bone hemangiomas rarely is indicated. One uncommon indication is to decompress the spinal cord when a vertebral hemangioma is causing neurologic deficits.
Refer http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/Hemangioma--Bone.htmhttp://www.emedicine.com/Orthoped/topic499.htm#section~Treatment
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