Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B | Panel C | Panel D

Figure 2: Asymptomatic spinal hemangioma at T-6 in a 67-year-old man. Panel A Lateral conventional tomogram shows typical trabecular thickening (arrows) at the site of the hemangioma. (B and C) Photographs of the macerated dry bone Panel B and gross Panel C specimens sectioned coronally demonstrate the trabecular thickening (arrowheads). Panel D Photomicrograph (original magnification, approximately X5; hematoxylin-eosin stain) also shows trabecular thickening (solid arrows), angiomatous components (open arrows), and fat overgrowth (arrowheads), compared with the normal, more cellular marrow (*) of adjacent vertebrae.

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