Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Angiomas

With the development of selective methods of angiography and improvements in operative technique, accurate diagnosis and operative treatment of spinal angiomas have become possible to a greater extent.<BR> In comparison with the opening discussion on the cerebral angiomas there seems to be no agreement so far on the indications and choices of operative procedure. The reason seems to be gene rally as yet scanty experience, the diverse clinical material and the different presentations in relation to the functional morphology and the pathogenesis of the medullary lesions. In practice one of the most important but unsatisfactory problems is the early diagnosis of the angiomas. I am reporting some of our own experipences in the hopes of answering some of these questions.