Preoperative embolization of a cervicodorsal paraganglioma by direct percutaneous injection of onyx and endovascular delivery of particles.

Author(s): Quadros RS, Gallas S, Delcourt C, Dehoux E, Scherperel B, Pierot L

Affiliation(s): Radiology Department, Hopital Maison Blanche, Reims, France.

Publication date & source: 2006-10, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol., 27(9):1907-9.

Publication type: Case Reports

We report the feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous injection of Onyx (Micro Therapeutics, Irvine, Calif.), a nonadhesive liquid embolic agent, into an unusually located paraganglioma, followed by endovascular embolization with particles before surgery.