title: Cervical intramedullary lipoma with unusual MRI features: case report.
abstract: Intramedullary (subpial) lipomas not associated with spinal dysraphism are very unusual [1]. A confident preoperative diagnosis is usually possible with MRI. We present a case of an isolated cervical intramedullary lipoma with unusual imaging morphology and imaging characteristics (distinctly low-signal on T2-weighted images) on MRI. An explanation for these features is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayasundar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis