title: Clinics in diagnostic imaging (25). Aggressive vertebral haemangioma.
abstract: A 30-year-old female presented with a three month history of back pain. Radiographs and computed tomography indicated an aggressive haemangioma of T12 which was confirmed on red cell scintigraphy. The varying imaging appearances of non-aggressive and aggressive vertebral haemangiomas are described, emphasizing the ability of aggressive haemangiomas to mimic metastases on magnetic resonance imaging. The therapeutic role of embolisation as an adjunct ro surgery is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Organ Imaging, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin, NT, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kumta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed