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10/13/08

dockside

Category: Sciatica , leg weakness , Lower Back Pain , leg nerve pain , piriformis

Why and how do hemangiomas form within the vertebrae?

Why and how do hemangiomas form within the vertebrae? In reviewing 5 MRI's over the past 2 1/2 years (4 of my lower back and 1 Thoracic), my family doctor and osteopath noticed that each time I had a new hemangioma at a new level which the radiologist have said do not need further investigation,...

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