1. First reported treatment of aggressive hemangioma with intraoperative radiation therapy and kyphoplasty (Kypho-IORT)
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I. San Miguel Arregui, D. Macias Verde, H. Mhaidli Hamdani, B. Pinar Sedeño, N. Rodríguez Ibarria, T. Fernández Varela, and P.C. Lara Jiménez
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cord ,medicine.medical_treatment ,R895-920 ,Article ,Hemangioma ,Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Kyphoplasty ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Spinal canal ,cardiovascular diseases ,Vertebral hemangioma ,Intraoperative radiation therapy ,RC254-282 ,Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) ,business.industry ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,body regions ,Radiation therapy ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Aggressive vertebral hemangioma ,sense organs ,Radiology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Aggressive hemangiomas invade the spinal canal and/or paravertebral space and may cause cord compression and neurological symptoms. Radiation therapy was recognized as an effective strategy for the treatment of aggressive hemangiomas. Here, it is reported the first case of aggressive vertebral hemangioma treated by a combination of intraoperative radiation therapy and kyphoplasty (Kypho-IORT).
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- 2017
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