title: [Magnetic resonance tomographic findings in spinal lipomas].
abstract: The diagnosis of spinal lipoma was confirmed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in six patients. MRI was superior to CT and myelography in detection of a tethered cord in combination with a lipoma. Fatty tissue, especially in the extradural intraspinal compartment, is not necessarily a pathologic finding. The etiology of spinal lipomas remains obscure. The seemingly idiosyncratic genesis of fatty tissue is discussed with reference to one of the patients in this series.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiologische Abteilung, Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Agnoli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lochner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Magnetresonanztomographische Befunde bei spinalen Lipomen.