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Skull haemangiomas are rare tumours. Those of the vault are easily cured by surgical excision; those of the base have hitherto been thought irremovable.
The case of a young woman with a right sphenoid ridge haemangioma is reported. The patient was successfully operated on, thanks to preoperative embolization of the tumour's major feeding artery and to a safe surgical technique.
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Pompili, A., Guiot, G. & Moret, J. Sphenoid ridge haemangioma operated on after feeding artery embolization. Acta neurochir 64, 125–132 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405625
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