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Surgical decompression of L4 epithelioid angiosarcoma achieves tumor control and symptom resolution at six months.
Case Report (n=1)
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Epithelioid angiosarcoma with spinal involvement is extremely rare and carries a poor prognosis despite aggressive surgical and radiotherapeutic intervention.
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Spinal EA carries dismal prognosis despite decompression and radiation; leaves open need for novel adjunctive strategies in this rare subset.
Yu et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the spine (n=1). Decompression of the L4 vertebra was evaluated on Tumor control and symptom resolution. Surgical decompression of the L4 vertebra for epithelioid angiosarcoma resulted in tumor control and an asymptomatic state at six months of follow-up.
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