Case report: A 59-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of low back pain and paresthesia in the lower extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a lobular tumor with an intense enhancement at the level of the L4 vertebral body. Tortuous tubular structures seen around the caudal pole of the tumor were considered to be a feeding vessel intermingled with nerve roots, which st...

Direct sagittal computed tomography (CT) and metrizamide myelography, in addition to standard axial CT, have proven most useful in evaluation of complex anomalies of the infant spine. Direct sagittal CT was performed by placing the entire infant sideways and supine within the gantry after metrizamide was injected. This technique was performed in six infants with diagnoses of lipoma with dysraph...

Verrucous hemangioma is a rare, localized vascular malformation.The lesions are bluish-red, well demarcated, and compressible. Wereport a case of a 10-year-old girl with coexistent disseminatedverrucous hemangioma and subcutaneous hemangioma overthe nape of neck.

BACKGROUND Vertebral hemangioma (VH) is considered to be a benign lesion of bone with a rich vasculature. Most incidentally discovered hemangiomas are asymptomatic. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of symptomatic thoracic and lumbar VHs. To our knowledge, the reports concerning PVP on symptomatic cervical VHs are quite rare. OBJECTIVE Our intent was...