Pre-operative embolisation of metastatic paraganglioma of the thoracic spine

R B Kwan; A M Erasmus; A W Hunn; A Dubey; P Waites; P J Jessup; J R Burgess; A Beasley

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2009.05.030

Pre-operative embolisation of metastatic paraganglioma of the thoracic spine

J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Mar;17(3):394-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.05.030. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Authors

R B Kwan¹, A M Erasmus, A W Hunn, A Dubey, P Waites, P J Jessup, J R Burgess, A Beasley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. rkwan@utas.edu.au

PMID: 20074965
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.05.030

Abstract

We report a 46-year-old male with metastatic functioning paraganglioma of the thoracic spine. Thoracic spine functioning paragangliomas are rare and we describe the benefits of embolisation of the lesion prior to surgical decompression.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

3-Iodobenzylguanidine
Angiography / methods
Decompression, Surgical / methods
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Paraganglioma* / diagnostic imaging
Paraganglioma* / pathology
Paraganglioma* / surgery
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Spinal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Neoplasms* / pathology
Spinal Neoplasms* / surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
3-Iodobenzylguanidine