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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Vertebral hemangiomas can cause difficult-to-treat neurological complications. We report our experience with three such cases. Patients no. 1 and 2 were females aged 64 and 71 years, respectively; patient no. 1 had a two-year history of weakness in the lower limbs and patient no. 2 had a five-month history of back pain. Both these patients had a pyramidal syndrome in the lower limbs. Patient no. 3 was a 61 year old male with a one-year history of left sciatica. Roentgenograms were suggestive of a hemangioma occupying the entire T8 (cases 1 and 2) or L5 (case 3) vertebra. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed this diagnosis and showed that patients 1 and 2 had an anterior epidural hemangioma opposite T8 impinging on the spinal cord. In patients 1 and 2, treatment consisted in embolization of T8 followed by transpedicular injection of 6 cc of methylmethacrylate into the body of T8. One cubic centimeter of histoacryl was also injected in each lamina. The third patient had a similar vertebroplasty procedure without prior embolization since he had no epidural hemangioma. One patient (no. 1) developed intercostal neuralgia of several hours duration after the procedure. All three patients subsequently underwent laminectomy (T7-T8 with removal of the epidural hemangioma in cases 1 and 2, L5 in case 3). The pyramidal syndrome resolved within 15 days in patients 1 and 2; the nerve root pain resolved within 48 hours in patient 3.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1169-8330
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Value of vertebroplasty combined with surgical decompression in the treatment of aggressive spinal angioma. Apropos of 3 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU de Lille.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports