title: Intradural lipoma in a child.
abstract: We report the case of a 5-year-old Nigerian boy in whom conus medullaris and cauda enquina compression was due to an intradural lipoma, a rare tumour of the spinal canal in the tropics. The literature on the subject is briefly reviewed and the differential diagnoses are discussed. The occurrence of the lesion in this child, without other features of spinal dysraphism, is noteworthy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Bondi
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shokunbi
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Familusi
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Aghadiuno
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology