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Radiotherapy of Vertebral Hemangiomas
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Sakata, Koh-Ichi Hareyama, Masato Oouchi, Atushi Sido, Mitsuo Nagakura, Hisayasu Tamakawa, Mituharu Akiba, Hidenari Morita, Kazuo |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | Journal: Acta Oncologica Between 1975 and 1996, 14 patients (11 females, 3 males) with vertebral hemangioma received treatment with radiotherapy. Thirteen patients had a history of back pain or lumbago and 2 patients had neurological symptoms such as sensory impairment or paraplegia. The standard dose administered was 36 Gy in 18 fractions (five treatments per week). In the 13 patients with pain, this was completely or partially relieved. The condition of a man with hypesthesia of the legs deteriorated and a woman with paraplegia who was treated with decompressive laminectomy followed by radiotherapy recovered completely after irradiation. CT scan before irradiation showed thickened trabeculae as small punctate areas of sclerosis in all patients. At MR imaging before irradiation, T2-weighted MR images showed areas of high intensity in all patients and MR images demonstrated lesion enhancement. However, none of the patients who were treated successfully with radiation demonstrated any changes of the affected vertebra in the conventional radiographic films. CT scan or MR imaging, even 5 years after irradiation. Radiological imaging is indispensable for the diagnosis of vertebral hemangiomas but does not appear to be useful for evaluating the effects of radiotherapy. |
| Related Links | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/02841869709001344 |
| Ending Page | 724 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 719 |
| ISSN | 0284186X |
| e-ISSN | 1651226X |
| DOI | 10.3109/02841869709001344 |
| Journal | Acta Oncologica |
| Issue Number | 7 |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Acta Oncologica Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Radiotherapy Vertebral Hemangiomas |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Hematology Oncology |
