Endovascular Treatment and Selective Image Guided Partial Resection of Epidural Spinal Vascular Malformation in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: Case Report
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50846#.VE3Wk1fHRK0 Author(s) Ramon Navarro , Stephen Pirris , Ricardo A. Hanel Affiliation(s) Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital condition that may involve the central nervous system with extensive vascular malformations, and soft-tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb. Methods: A 51-year-old patient underwent previous procedures including decompressive laminectomy and endovascular embolization using Onyx and a self-expandable stent. However, recanalization of the malformation was observed, his symptoms progressed, and the dec...