Symptomatic Hemangioma of the Spine

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Abstract
Hemangioma of the vertebra, which in most instances is encountered as an incidental roentgen finding, becomes a lesion of prime importance when it is associated with compression of the spinal cord. Although such lesions had undoubtedly been recognized much earlier, Virchow was the first to report the presence of a vertebral hemangioma in 1863. Probably the first description of associated neurologic manifestations was presented by Gerhardt (Germany) in 1895 (8). It was not until 1926, however, that the presently accepted characteristic roentgenographic features of the lesion were brought to our attention by Perman (11). Until that time only 8 cases of vertebral hemangioma associated with compression myelopathy had been reported, the diagnosis having invariably been made at autopsy. Since then, numerous cases haveappearedin the literature. Bailey and Bucy (1), in 1929, were the first in this country to report a case of hemangioma of the vertebra associated with compression of the spinal cord. Treatment cons...

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