title: Vertebral aggressive hemangioma. A case report and literature review.
abstract: Aggressive hemangiomas are rare and can compress the spinal cord, nerve roots or both, producing myelopathy or radiculopathy. This report describes an aggressive and compressive hemangioma of the body of the Th9 vertebra in a woman with symptoms of medullary sufferance, treated with embolization of the afferent vessels of the lesion followed by radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Catania; Catania, Italy - a.viglianesi@hotmail.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellomia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viglianesi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Caltabiano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chiaramonte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pero
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chiaramonte