title: An unusual epidural, vascular spinal lipoma in a 3-year-old child: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Epidural lipomas are usually benign tumors affecting the spinal cord. We report the unusual presentation of a cervicothoracic spinal lipoma associated with a cervical dysraphism in a young boy. Diagnostic options using magnetic resonance imaging and gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid are discussed as a pathway to early diagnosis of these and other occult spinal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Mercer University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Macon, Georgia.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hinton
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery