Percutaneous embolization of bony pelvic neoplasms with tissue adhesive

Eight patients with tumors of the bony pelvis underwent embolization with isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylate (IBCA). Five patients had primary bone tumors, of which 2 were malignant and 3 were benign; 3 patients had metastases to the bony pelvis from the thyroid gland, kidney, and femur, respectively. Emboliz...

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Published inRadiology Vol. 147; no. 1; p. 21
Main Authors Keller, F S, Rösch, J, Bird, C B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1983
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Angiography
Bone Cysts - therapy
Bone Neoplasms - blood supply
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - therapy
Bucrylate
Embolization, Therapeutic - methods
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Palliative Care
Pelvic Bones
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Summary:Eight patients with tumors of the bony pelvis underwent embolization with isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylate (IBCA). Five patients had primary bone tumors, of which 2 were malignant and 3 were benign; 3 patients had metastases to the bony pelvis from the thyroid gland, kidney, and femur, respectively. Embolization was performed to minimize blood loss during resection of a giant-cell tumor in one patient and insertion of a hip prosthesis in another who had metastatic renal carcinoma. It was also done prior to scheduled surgery in one of the patients with aneurysmal bone cyst, but healing was sufficient to cancel the operation; in the other patient, embolization was the only therapy. Palliative embolization was performed in 4 patients with malignant tumors after other means failed to control pain or slow progression. IBCA appears to be an efficient means of occluding the vessels feeding selected primary bone tumors and metastases.
ISSN:0033-8419
DOI:10.1148/radiology.147.1.6187041