title: Case report of intraspinal lipoma.
abstract: The clinical diagnosis of intramedullary lipoma, an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression, is difficult pre-operatively. The lesion may mimic any cause of spinal cord compression including malignancy. The distinction from these other disease processes is so important regarding the prognosis. We report here such a case unsuspected pre-operatively and review the management, especially the possible role of computerized tomography (CT), in the diagnostic work-up prior to surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kolawole
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Hawass
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahamouka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed