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Published on: May 4, 2022
Pre-operative embolisation of metastatic paraganglioma of the thoracic spine
R B Kwan1, A M Erasmus, A W Hunn
1Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. rkwan@utas.edu.au
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.