title: CT findings of a thoracic vertebral hemangioma presenting with acute neurological symptoms.
abstract: Vertebral body hemangiomas are benign lesions and account for 4% of all spinal tumors. The most common histological type is cavernous hemangioma. These tumors generally locate in the vertebral body as a solitary lesion. Multiple lesions are seen in approximately 25-30% of vertebral hemangiomas. Mostly they are asymptomatic and incidentally found with radiological studies. Symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas are rare and represent < 1% of all hemangiomas; however, if untreated, they may cause local or radicular pain and neurological deficits ranging from myeloradiculopathy to paralysis. In this case we aim to present preoperative and postoperative Computed Tomography findings of a cavernous hemangioma that caused sudden motor deficit and was localised to the thoracic vertebra corpus and posterior elements.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey. drsinantan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: Ozerk
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Okutan
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed