Benign osteoblastoma of a thoracic vertebra. Case report
Epstein, N; Benjamin, V; Pinto, R; Budzilovich, G
A patient with osteoblastoma of the T-11 vertebral body presented with symptoms of spinal cord compression. Six weeks after an emergency laminectomy and subtotal removal, spinal computerized tomography disclosed residual tumor, which was totally removed via a combined anterior transthoracic approach and posterior laminectomy
PMID: 7431083
ISSN: 0022-3085
CID: 117291
Posterior fossa vascular anomaly presenting as a vermis mass in a 4-year-old child: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations [Case Report]
Epstein, N; Epstein, F; Berenstein, A
The computed tomographic (CT) scan has replaced angiography in the preoperative neurodiagnostic evaluation of the common pediatric posterior fossa tumors. This case report illustrates that rarely an atypical vascular anomaly may masquerade as a neoplasm and angiography must not be dismissed if the CT scan is any way atypical of the suspected neoplasm.
PMID: 7432610
ISSN: 0148-396x
CID: 571222