title: Primary spinal angiosarcoma.
abstract: Primary angiosarcoma of the spine is rare. To our knowledge, primary angiosarcoma in the posterior element of the spine has not been reported previously. A 39-year-old man suffered progressive numbness and paresis of the bilateral lower limbs. Neuroimaging showed a large dorsal extradural tumor compressing the spinal cord at the T11 level with bony destruction of the left foramen and posterior elements. Spinal angiography revealed a hypervascular tumor in the left T11 region. Successful preoperative endovascular embolization, laminectomy and removal of the tumor were performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, 5 Fu-Shing Street, 333 Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Zhuo-Hao
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shih-Tseng
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shih-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Po-Hsun
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods