Vertebral artery hemangiomas are more dangerous. Vertebral artery hemangiomas that continue to grow may cause headaches and dizziness, brain tissue damage, and may even be life-threatening.
Vertebral artery hemangioma is a vascular disease in which the wall of the vertebral artery is abnormally dilated and thinned due to atherosclerosis, infection, or congenital factors, causing a limited aneurysmal protrusion of the arterial wall.
1. Headache and dizziness: if the vertebral artery hemangioma continues to grow, it will compress the vertebral artery and cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, thus causing headache and dizziness.
2. Brain tissue damage: If the vertebral artery hemangioma continues to grow, the hemangioma has the risk of rupture under the impact of blood flow or collision of external forces. Once ruptured, it may cause intracranial hemorrhage and brain tissue damage.
3. Life-threatening: Hemangioma will change the blood flow rate in the lesion area, as well as make the mucous membrane of the blood vessel wall in the lesion area abnormally dilated and thin, which is easy to form thrombus, and the thrombus, if dislodged, may cause cerebral infarction, resulting in hemiparesis, speech impediment and swallowing difficulty, and other symptoms, which are life-threatening in serious cases.
If diagnosed with vertebral artery hemangioma, the patient should cooperate with the doctor for active treatment to avoid delay.