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An account is given of 93 spinal angiomas found in 74 patients. 55 were solitary malformations and 38 were complex. In 5 patients angioma and angioblastoma were both present, and in 1 case an angioma was found in association with an aneurysm.
The main problems of morphology, diagnostic investigation, improvement of early diagnosis, complications as a result of bleeding and circulatory disturbances with arachnoiditis and myelo-malacia and the microsurgical treatment with radical removal and the palliative procedures are discussed.
Results depend on the situation of the angioma. After total extirpation of intradural angiomas in 34 cases, 14 patients recovered completely, 13 recovered partially, 5 were unchanged, and 2 deteriorated.
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Pia, H.W. Diagnosis and treatment of spinal angiomas. Acta neurochir 28, 1–12 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405400
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