title: Spinal osseous angioma: gelfoam embolization.
abstract: An osseous spinal angioma presented with severe back pain and cord compression. Severe hemorrhage occurred during surgical decompression, but after preoperative embolisation of the feeding vessels a second operation was successful. Osseous spinal angioma seldom presents backache of a severe nature or medullary compression. In such case, surgical intervention may be attempted without pre-operative embolization of the feeding vessels.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*