Surgical treatment of aggressive vertebral hemangioma causing progressive paraparesis
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Surgical treatment of aggressive vertebral hemangioma causing progressive paraparesis
Vertebral hemangioma is a benign vascular lesion that may onset with neurologic symptoms due to spinal cord compression by epidural extension. Surgical procedure, embolization and radiotherapy are the gold standard for the treatment of this disease. We present a case of a 84 years old woman admitted at our department with worsening paraparesis and urinary retention. Her magnetic resonance image...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2017.12.001