Osseous hemangiomas are relatively common in adults. Rarely the tumor may cause collapse of the vertebral body and result in clinical signs and symptoms of vertebral compression. Hemangiomas are commonly encountered as incidental findings when the spine is examined by MRI. They appear as areas of ...
or both. Autopsy studies suggest that asymptomatic hemangiomas of the spine are quite common, with an incidence rate of 12% in adults. The age range is broad (first to eighth decades of life), but the majority of cases present in middle age (peak during fifth decade of life). Men are ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook hemangiomatosis [he-man″je-o-mah-to´sis] the presence of multiple hemangiomas. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an ...
These are associated withlumbosacral spineabnormalities, in particular tethered cord. • Large facial hemangiomas ○ These may be associated with Dandy‐Walker syndrome or otherposterior fossaabnormalities, such as PHACES syndrome. Etiology •
in 2 cases and the lower lip in 1 case. Two of patients in these cases were adults, and 1 was an adolescent. All patients had easily bleeding lesions in common. In addition, 1 patient, like ours, had a history of trauma. In none of the cases was radiological investigation used; ...
In contrast, symptomatic intracranial CHs are predominant in adults [3]. CHs of the central nervous system are very rare entities and exceptionally induce symptoms. Clinical presentation is highly variable in adults (e.g., cranial nerve palsy, headaches, cognitive disorders) and depends on the ...
Over the years, 59 cases (including the present case) of intradural extramedullary cavernous hemangioma have been reported in the previous literatures. They occurred at the cervical spine (7/59 = 12%), thoracic spine (15/59 = 25%), and lumbar spine (32/59 = 54%), and unknown legion ...