Spontaneous decrease in the size of a residual thoracic intradural lipoma.
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.
Akyuz
Mahmut
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Akdeniz University of Medical School, Antalya, Turkey. mahmutakyuz@superonline.com
Goksu
Ethem
E
Tuncer
Recai
R
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