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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor

Becce, Fabio ; Richarme, Delphine ; Letovanec, Igor ; Gilgien, Willy ; Theumann, Nicolas

In: Skeletal Radiology, 2012, vol. 41, no. 4, p. 467-472

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    Title
    • Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor
    Author
    • Becce, Fabio. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Richarme, Delphine. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Letovanec, Igor. University Institute of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Gilgien, Willy. University Institute of General Medicine, Policlinique Médicale Universitaire, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Theumann, Nicolas. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:321729
    Summary
    The glomus tumor is a rare, benign, but painful vascular neoplasm arising from the neuromyoarterial glomus. Primary intraosseous glomus tumor is even rarer, with only about 20 cases reported in the literature so far, 5 of which involved the spine. Surgical resection is currently considered the treatment of choice. We herewith present an uncommon case of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor involving the right pedicle of the eleventh thoracic vertebra (T11). To our knowledge, this is the first case of primary intraosseous spinal glomus tumor successfully treated by percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA)