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SUBMITTER: Makino W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiology case reports 20190524 8
Spinal metastasis is a rare presentation of paraganglioma and an effective therapy for nonresectable spinal metastatic paraganglioma (MPG) has not yet been established. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with metastatic spinal cord compression caused by a relapsed spinal MPG after decompressive surgery. We performed transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) in addition to systemic chemotherapy. After TAE, the neurologic symptoms improved, and the back pain was reduced. After 3 sessions of ...[more]