title: Extensive cervical intradural and intramedullary lipoma and spina bifida occulta of C1: a case report.
abstract: A 17-year-old boy presented with a 1-year history of progressive gait difficulties and slowing of fine hand movements. On neurological examination there was tetraspasticity, bilateral pes equinovarus and a decreased position sense in the feet. CT and MRI scan of the cervical spine demonstrated a spina bifida occulta of C1, an extensive intradural lipoma from the foramen magnum to C4 with a small intramedullary portion at C3, and a distal syringomyelia reaching down to D12. After excision of the extramedullary portion of the lipoma, there was a marked improvement of the gait and a reduction of the spasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crols
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed