Summary
Cervical haemangioblastomas may be found incidentally in the course of diagnostic procedures performed on subjects suspected of cerebellar lesions. The case is described of a 52 year-old patient with an angioblastoma of the cervical spinal cord in which the diagnosis was made by vertebral angiography. Retrograde visualisation of the vertebral arteries via the brachial artery is a simple method which provides an excellent demonstration of pathological vessels in the region of the cervical spinal column.
Résumé
Les hémangioblastomes cervicaux peuvent être découverts incidemment au cours des investigations diagnostiques réalisées sur des sujets suspects de lésions cérébelleuses. Les auteurs rapportent le cas d'un malade de 52 ans présentant un angioblastome de la moelle cervicale chez qui le diagnostic fut posé par angiograghie vertébrale. La visualisation rétrograde des artères vertébrales par l'artère brachiale est une méthode simple qui fournit une excellente image des vaisseaux pathologiques dans la région de la moelle cervicale.
Zusammenfassung
Es handelt sich um die Fallbeschreibung eines 52jährigen Patienten mit einem Angioblastom im Bereich des Cervicalkanals, die Diagnose wurde durch die Vertebralis-Angiographie gestellt.
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Huk, W., Klinger, M. The diagnosis of cervical spinal angioblastomas. Neuroradiology 5, 174–177 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341535
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