RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fatal Ethibloc Embolization of Vertebrobasilar System following Percutaneous Injection into Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Second Cervical Vertebra
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1116
OP 1120
VO 25
IS 6
A1 Peraud, A.
A1 Drake, J. M.
A1 Armstrong, D.
A1 Hedden, D.
A1 Babyn, P.
A1 Wilson, G.
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/6/1116.abstract
AB Summary: A 4-year-old boy developed progressive neck pain and an expansile osteogenic lesion of C2; the diagnosis was an aneurysmal bone cyst. An image-guided biopsy with 3D CT planning was performed followed by Ethibloc injection into the aneurysmal bone cyst. Subsequent CT and MR images demonstrated embolization material in the vertebrobasilar system, and the patient died of brain stem and cerebellar infarction 23 hours after the intervention. The course of events and technical considerations are discussed.