title: A giant spinal aneurysm with cord and root compression.
abstract: A patient suffering from a giant spinal aneurysm is reported. The diagnosis was made by angiography and dynamic computed tomography. The patient was treated successfully by clipping of the feeding artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: el Mahdi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rudwan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Khaffaji
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jadallah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed