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DEWEY A. NELSON, MD

Arch Neurol. 1964;11(4):408-413.

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I. Review of Literature

Hemangiomas of the vertebrae and spinal cord are extremely common lesions. They occur in the vertebrae, epidural space, meninges, and spinal cord. Virchow¹ first described autopsy findings of a patient with hemangiomas of two vertebrae. The first report of cord compression from a vertebral angioma was given by Gerhardt² in 1895. A similar report was made by Bailey and Bucy³ in 1929—the first from this country. The original report of x-ray characteristics of vertebral angiomas was given by Perman⁴ in 1926. This author described vertical striations produced by zones of reduced bone density between more dense trabeculae.

Vertebral angiomas occur in about 10% of vertebral columns which are thoroughly examined at autopsy. Junghanns^5,6 demonstrated this in an exhaustive review of 10,000 spinal columns. This frequency of occurrence is thought to be due to embryonal mesenchymal cell rests which are trapped in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
WILMINGTON, DEL

Associate, Department of Medicine, Section of Neuropsychiatry, Memorial Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 15, 1964; accepted June 1.

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