[The danger present to the spinal cord arterial vasculature during surgery of nerve-tissue tumors of the posterior mediastinum].
The authors report one case of posterior mediastinal neurinoma with a Adamkiewicz artery arising at an atypical site. They stress the spinal cord complications following thoracic surgery. The value of spinal cord arteriography during preoperative examinations and for prevention of complications is discussed.
Guidicelli
R
R
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et des Maladies de l'Oesophage, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
Pellet
W
W
Fuentes
P
P
Heurte
P
P
Barthelemy
A
A
Reboud
E
E
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*
Danger représenté par la vascularisation artérielle médullaire au cours de la chirurgie des tumeurs nerveuses du médiastin postérieur.