Spinal hemangioma

Spinal hemangioma care at Mayo Clinic

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Ariz., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings.

Certified stroke centers

Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida was the first Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in Florida by The Joint Commission, a national organization that evaluates and accredits health care providers, and is the only one in its region. Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minn., was certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center in 2015. Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona is certified as a Primary Stroke Center.

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Spinal hemangioma experts at Mayo Clinic work together in teams to provide you with exactly the care you need. Having this expertise in a single place, focused on you, means that you're not just getting one opinion — your care is discussed among the team, your test results are available quickly, appointments are scheduled in coordination, and the most highly specialized spinal and vertebral hemangioma experts in the world are all working together for you.

What might take months to accomplish elsewhere can typically be done in a matter of days at Mayo Clinic.

Multidisciplinary decision-making

• Mayo Clinic spine care is multidisciplinary by design, involving neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, radiology, pain medicine and rehabilitation.
• Care decisions are made collaboratively rather than by doctors in a single specialty.
• Each hemangioma is evaluated across medical, interventional and surgical perspectives to determine whether treatment is needed.

Diagnostic differentiation

• With benign brain tumors, Mayo Clinic emphasizes precise diagnosis first — so you can feel confident that you're getting the right care, whether that means treatment or close monitoring.
• Spine care teams include subspecialty neuroradiologists with expertise in differentiating benign vascular tumors, such as spinal hemangiomas, from malignant or metastatic disease.
• Mayo Clinic uses advanced MRI, CT and 3D imaging and modeling to capture spinal lesions accurately and avoid unnecessary biopsy or treatment.

Coordinated, efficient care experience

• Mayo Clinic coordinates imaging, consultations and treatment planning to deliver answers efficiently, often reducing long diagnostic delays seen elsewhere.
• Patients benefit from integrated care across specialties and locations, minimizing fragmentation and repeat testing.

Capability for rare or aggressive conditions

• When spinal hemangiomas grow quickly or cause neurological symptoms, Mayo Clinic has infrastructure to manage complex spine conditions and spinal tumors.
• Mayo Clinic has focused expertise for spine and spinal tumor care, built on routinely seeing these conditions.
• Advanced surgical planning, intraoperative monitoring and coordinated perioperative care are available when intervention is necessary.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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