Lipoma with dumb-bell extradural extension through the intervertebral foramen into the spinal canal. Case report.
The authors present the case of a 60-year-old woman with a neck lipoma that developed dumb-bell extradural extension, causing radiculopathy. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a lipoma originating in the neck with dumb-bell extradural extension through the intervertebral foramen and into the spinal canal. The lipoma was first excised from the foramen via a posterior approach to allow decompression of the nerve roots. The remaining lipomatous tissue was then resected via an anterior approach to avoid the region around the vertebral artery.
Park
Jin Soo
JS
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. jisopark@hotmail.com
Shirachi
Isao
I
Sato
Kimiaki
K
Ando
Noriyuki
N
Nagata
Kensei
K
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013115:Spinal Canal; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery