Spinal cord compression by vertebral hemangioma.
Asymptomatic vertebral hemangiomas occur frequently in adults but the discovery of a similar lesion in the pediatric are group is uncommon. A case which involves all the neural arch components with resultant spinal cord compression is rare and is reported with a review of pertinent literature.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*