Case report of intraspinal lipoma.
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.
Kolawole
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TM
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hawass
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ND
Bahamouka
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M
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