title: Vertebral hemangioma. Spontaneous spinal canal remodeling after fracture.
abstract: METHODS
  The patient in this report had a fracture of a hemangiomatous vertebra with a fragment protruded into the canal and without neurological signs. There was a 12 month follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After conservative treatment, there were no neurologic signs, a good fusion, and natural remodeling of the spinal canal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The risk of a hemangiomatous vertebra fracture with a fragment retropulsed into the spinal canal and without neurologic signs is low. Also, a remodeling of the spinal canal can occur, as after a burst fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire d'Angers, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richeh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Favier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001915:Braces; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*