title: Extradural spinal lipomas. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: The authors present two cases of extradural spinal lipomas causing spinal cord compression, not associated with spinal dysraphism. Sixty-nine cases of such tumours have been reported in the literature. It is important to distinguish between two histological types of these neoplasms: angiolipoma and true lipoma. They have a different distribution in relation to age and site of occurrence. The outcome can be quite variable considering the greater surgical problems that true lipomas can cause.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*