Prevention of serious skeletal-related events by interventional radiology techniques in patients with malignant paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma.

Purpose: Bone metastases (BM) and skeletal-related events (SRE) are frequent in patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPM) and the best modality of prevention unknown. The role of interventional radiology (IR) techniques for the prevention of SRE in the multidisciplinary management of malignant PPM has not been evaluated in that setting.

Methods: Single referral center retrospective review of all patients with malignant PPM with BM from 2000 to 2016.