title: Spontaneous decrease in the size of a residual thoracic intradural lipoma.
abstract: Intradural spinal lipomas of thoracic cord are quite rare. It is known that lipomas are hamartomas, which change their size with alterations of body fat. An 18-year-old male patient, with a thoracic intradural lipoma showing spontaneous decrease in the size of a residual lipoma and tethering of the cord 4 years after surgery, is presented in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Akdeniz University of Medical School, Antalya, Turkey. mahmutakyuz@superonline.com
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyuz
authors.forename: Ethem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goksu
authors.forename: Recai
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery