Spinal Epidural Arteriovenous Hemangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation

A spinal epidural hemangioma is rare. In this case, a 51 year-old female patient had low back pain and right thigh numbness. She was initially misdiagnosed as having a ruptured disc with possible sequestration of granulation tissue formation due to the limited number of spinal epidural hemangiomas and little-known radiological findings. Because there are no effective diagnostic tools to verify the hemangioma, more effort should be put into preoperative imaging tests to avoid misdiagnosis and poor decisions).

Clinical Experiences of the Spinal Hemagioma: Report of Four Cases

Spinal hemangioma is the uncommon, slowly growing benign tumor that arses from the blood vessels and was commonly located in the thoracic spine. The authors experienced 4 cases of spinal hemangioma from the thoracic spine that are diagnosed by simple spine X-ray, spine CT with myelography and confirmed by histological examination. We reviewed the literature concemed with spinal hemangioma.