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Vertebral hemangiomas are relatively common abnormalities. They have been found in 10.7 percent of spines at autopsy and in 14.2 percent of people over the age of 60 years¹. However, neurologic symptoms, which result from epidural compression of the spinal cord by the hemangioma, hypertrophied bone, epidural hemorrhage, or compression fracture, are uncommon^2,3. Current treatments for symptomatic vertebral hemangioma include surgery, radiotherapy, and transarterial embolization⁴. Surgical treatment is often associated with profuse hemorrhage, incomplete resection, and lengthy convalescence^5,6,7. Although radiotherapy is moderately effective, its effects on the hemangioma are delayed, and there is a risk of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (J.D.H., E.H.O.), and the Department of Radiology, Warren B. Magnuson Clinical Center (J.L.D.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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