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Biancardino AA, Marrone S, Paolini F, Giovannini EA, Cinquemani G, Lipani R, Ruggeri L, Mandelli J, Crea A, Vaccaro G, Iacopino DG, Basile L. Coexistence of mastoid, frontal and vertebral hemangiomas in a patient with diabetic neuropathy: Possible correlation between diabetic angiopathy and intraosseous neoangiogenesis. Radiol Case Rep 2024; 19:2937-2942. [PMID: 38737173 PMCID: PMC11087693 DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2024.03.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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Bony hemangiomas are benign vascular lesions with an expansive growth; usually they tend to obliterate the entire bony cavity. They are typical lesion of the spinal bones, but they can rarely arise within other bones of the neurocranium. Diabetic microangiopathy is a condition characterized by the development of aberrant vessel tangles anastomosed to each other due to dysregulated neoangiogenesis. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman, suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus, admitted to the neurology department due to a reported worsening of paresthesias and dysesthesias of the upper and lower limbs. She performed a contrast-enhanced brain CT scan that showed the presence, at the level of the right mastoid process, of an hypervascular angioma. A subsequent MRI study of the brain and spine showed the presence of multiple bone angiomas, at the level of the right frontal theca and C7, Th3, and Th7 vertebral bodies. Due to the absence of further symptoms and clinical and radiological signs of intracranial compression, the patient did not perform surgery. A radiological follow-up was advised. Although possible pathophysiological correlations between diabetes and vertebral hemangiomas are mentioned in literature, vascular lesions of this type involving vertebrae and skull base simultaneously can be discovered in a patient with chronic diabetic disease. As long as these lesions remain asymptomatic, surgical treatment is not indicated, and the patient is followed over time with radiological follow-up.
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- Antonio Alessandro Biancardino
- Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Post Graduate Residency Program in Neurologic Surgery, Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Post Graduate Residency Program in Neurologic Surgery, Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Post Graduate Residency Program in Neurologic Surgery, Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Post Graduate Residency Program in Neurologic Surgery, Department of Biomedicine Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, S. Elia Hospital, 93100 Caltanissetta, Italy
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Vertebral Intraosseous Vascular Malformations in a Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Population: Prevalence, Histologic Features, and Associations With CNS Disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019; 214:428-436. [PMID: 31825263 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.19.21492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether MRI-typical and MRI-atypical intraosseous vascular malformations are associated with familial cerebral cavernous malformation (FCCM). MATERIALS AND METHODS. In a retrospective matched case-control study, two radiologists reviewed the spinal imaging, both CT and MRI, of 22 patients with FCCM seen between 2006 and 2017 and of age- and sex-matched control subjects for MRI-typical and MRI-atypical intraosseous vascular malformations. Quantitative analysis of lesions identified included vertebral level, size, and number of lesions. Pathologic samples from two lesions were analyzed for histologic and immunohistochemical features. Whether the presence of typical, atypical, and total intraosseous vascular malformations differed between patients and control subjects was tested. For patients with complete spinal imaging, whether intraosseous vascular malformations were associated with age, sex, brain lesion count, and spinal lesion count was also tested. RESULTS. MRI-atypical intraosseous vertebral malformations were more commonly present in patients with FCCM (p = 0.003). Sixteen lesions were found in nine patients and none in the control group. The numbers of MRI-typical intraosseous vascular malformations were similar between patients and control subjects (p = 0.480). Age was associated with typical intraosseous vascular malformations (p = 0.027), though not with atypical malformations. MRI-atypical malformations were larger (mean diameter double) than MRI-typical malformations (p = 0.023). Histologic analysis of two lesions from different patients with pathologic collapse revealed the same histologic features consistent with combined capillary-venous malformations. CONCLUSION. Vertebral capillary-venous malformations (MRI-atypical intraosseous vascular malformations) are common in patients with FCCM and may have a more aggressive clinical course than MRI-typical malformations.
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Salleng KJ, Apple TM, Yu ENZ, Himmel LE. Spontaneous pulmonary adenocarcinoma and subcutaneous cavernous hemangiomas arising in a squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). J Med Primatol 2019; 48:374-377. [PMID: 31148179 DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Benign and malignant pulmonary tumors have been reported in both Old World and New World monkeys but are uncommon. Hemangiomas are also rarely reported in nonhuman primates. Here we present a case of two primary neoplasms (a papillary adenocarcinoma of bronchioloalveolar origin and multiple cavernous subcutaneous hemangiomas) arising in an aged squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).
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- Kenneth J Salleng
- Division of Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Office of Animal Welfare Assurance, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Westbroek EM, Ahmed AK, Pennington Z, Goodwin ML, Xia Y, Boone C, Gailloud P, Sciubba DM. Atypical Vertebral Hemangiomas Are Frequently Associated with Radiculomedullary Arteries. World Neurosurg 2019; 127:e1215-e1220. [PMID: 31004857 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preoperative endovascular embolization of atypical hemangiomas of the spine can reduce intraoperative blood loss. One frequent concern raised about embolizing these tumors is a possible association with arteries feeding the spinal cord, such as the artery of Adamkiewicz. This study aimed to elucidate a relationship between spinal levels affected by atypical spinal hemangiomas and radiculomedullary arteries. METHODS This was a retrospective review of 8 patients undergoing preoperative embolization of atypical spinal hemangiomas. We evaluated 54 spinal levels by angiography during embolization procedures. Each spinal level was categorized on the basis of the presence or absence of tumor and radiculomedullary artery. RESULTS Six of 15 (40%) affected levels had an associated radiculomedullary artery. Four of 39 (10.2%) unaffected levels had an associated cord feeding artery. The relative risk of affected spinal levels having an associated radiculomedullary artery was 3.9 (95% confidence interval 1.28-11.91). The attributable risk was 0.40 (95% CI 0.12-0.76). The chi-squared statistic was 6.35, with a P value of 0.01. Six of 8 patients (75%) had a radiculomedullary artery at a level of disease and embolization. CONCLUSIONS In this study, spinal levels affected by atypical hemangiomas requiring surgery were associated with radiculomedullary arteries. When performing preoperative embolization, great care must be taken to identify and preserve arteries supplying the spinal cord.
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- Erick M Westbroek
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine in a male master ultra-marathoner due to the combination of a vertebral hemangioma and osteopenia. MEDICINA-LITHUANIA 2017; 53:131-137. [PMID: 28416169 DOI: 10.1016/j.medici.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 02/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common benign vertebral neoplasms and are generally asymptomatic. In the present study, we report the case of a 52-year-old male master ultra-marathoner suffering from a pathologic fracture of the thoracic spine due to a vertebral hemangioma. A further examination in the athlete revealed an accompanying osteopenia, which was most likely due to a deficiency in both vitamin D and testosterone. The treatment of the fracture consisted of percutaneous vertebroplasty. Shortly after the operation the athlete was able to continue running. The most likely reason for the pathologic fracture of the vertebral body was the combination of the vertebral hemangioma and osteopenia. The further treatment consisted of supplementation of both vitamin D and testosterone. Athletes and physicians should be aware that male master ultra-marathoners older than 50 years might suffer from osteopenia, where a deficiency in vitamin D and testosterone could be contributing factors for osteopenia development in general.
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