Intralesional injection of absolute alcohol into symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas: A case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-78

  Kawanishi, Masahiro ^a,c   Morimoto, Akira ^a   Okuda, Yasuaki ^a   Satoh, Daisuke ^a   Matsuda, Nahoko ^a   Itoh, Yutaka ^a   Handa, Hajime ^a   Shimoyama, Keiji ^b  

^a Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^c TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography guide; Ethanol; Vertebral hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 18844380697     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000162224.28137.13     Document Type: Review

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