title: [Angiolipoma of the central nervous system].
abstract: Angiolipomas of the central nervous system are rare tumors (37 cases in the literature) and are mostly located in the spine (95%), rarely in the skull. When they are intraspinal, these masses are extradural in more than 90% of the cases. Angiolipomas are benign tumors containing vascular and mature adipose elements. The clinical symptomatology is non specific, but computed tomography and mostly MRI provide a precise diagnosis. With 2 additional cases and a review of the literature, we define the main characteristics of these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie, Institut et hôpital neurologiques de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melançon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Carpio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tampieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ethier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Angiolipomes du système nerveux central.