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HAEMANGIOMA OF A VERTEBRAL BODY TREATED BY LIGATION OF THE SEGMENTAL ARTERIES

Report of a Case



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Abstract

1. The case is described of a twenty-nine-year-old man with back pain due to an extensive vascular malformation replacing the major part of a vertebral body.

2. Treatment was by transthoracic ligation of the segmental vessels, with irradiation and spinal fusion later.

3. The importance of demonstrating the origin of the thoraco-lumbar supply to the anterior spinal artery is emphasised.

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