title: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor.
abstract: The glomus tumor is a rare, benign, but painful vascular neoplasm arising from the neuromyoarterial glomus. Primary intraosseous glomus tumor is even rarer, with only about 20 cases reported in the literature so far, 5 of which involved the spine. Surgical resection is currently considered the treatment of choice. We herewith present an uncommon case of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor involving the right pedicle of the eleventh thoracic vertebra (T11). To our knowledge, this is the first case of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor successfully treated by percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. fabio.becce@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Becce
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richarme
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Letovanec
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gilgien
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theumann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
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