Tubular laminectomy and percutaneous vertebroplasty for aggressive vertebral hemangioma.

Aggressive vertebral hemangiomas Percutaneous vertebroplasty Tubular laminectomy

Journal

Surgical neurology international
ISSN: 2229-5097
Titre abrégé: Surg Neurol Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101535836

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 08 12 2020
accepted: 23 12 2020
entrez: 18 2 2021
pubmed: 19 2 2021
medline: 19 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Vertebral hemangiomas (VH) are the most common benign vascular neoplasms of the spine. Aggressive VH (AVH) may become symptomatic due to soft-tissue expansion/extraosseous extension into the paraspinal and/or epidural spaces. There are several options for treating painful AVH, including radiotherapy and/or open surgery. A 59-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of intermittent back pain and progressive thoracic myelopathy in the past 2 months. MRI revealed a T9 level lesion, with high-intensity signal on both T1 and T2 images and an extraosseous component with significant cord compression. We performed minimally invasive tubular unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression of the thoracic spine at the T9 level, followed by bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty with biopsy. Postoperatively, the pain was immediately relieved, and the myelopathy improved. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a VH. Combining minimally invasive techniques consisting of tubular laminectomy and percutaneous vertebroplasty are safe and effective ways for treating AVHs.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Vertebral hemangiomas (VH) are the most common benign vascular neoplasms of the spine. Aggressive VH (AVH) may become symptomatic due to soft-tissue expansion/extraosseous extension into the paraspinal and/or epidural spaces. There are several options for treating painful AVH, including radiotherapy and/or open surgery.
CASE DESCRIPTION METHODS
A 59-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of intermittent back pain and progressive thoracic myelopathy in the past 2 months. MRI revealed a T9 level lesion, with high-intensity signal on both T1 and T2 images and an extraosseous component with significant cord compression. We performed minimally invasive tubular unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression of the thoracic spine at the T9 level, followed by bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty with biopsy. Postoperatively, the pain was immediately relieved, and the myelopathy improved. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a VH.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Combining minimally invasive techniques consisting of tubular laminectomy and percutaneous vertebroplasty are safe and effective ways for treating AVHs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33598343
doi: 10.25259/SNI_888_2020
pii: SNI-12-27
pmc: PMC7881512
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

27

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Surgical Neurology International.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Dimitrios Papadakos (D)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rio University Hospital, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

Spiros Boulieris (S)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rio University Hospital, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

Andreas Theofanopoulos (A)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rio University Hospital, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

Dionysia Fermeli (D)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rio University Hospital, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

Constantine Constantoyannis (C)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rio University Hospital, Patras, Achaia, Greece.

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