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The authors describe the use of preoperative embolization of glomus tumors in 7 patients. In two cases a nonresorbable substance (IBCA) was used for the embolization, and no subsequent operation was needed. They therefore suggest that embolization could be a definitive treatment and an alternative to surgery.
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Iaccarino, V., Sodano, A., Belfiore, G. et al. Embolization of glomus tumors of the carotid: Temporary or definitive?. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 8, 206–210 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552901
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