title: Non-dysraphic intramedullary spinal cord lipoma.
abstract: True intramedullary spinal cord lipomas are extremely rare. Two cases of intramedullary spinal cord lipoma are presented. The patients did not exhibit any form of spinal dysraphism. The patients presented with gait difficulty, upper limb weakness, sphincter disturbance, dysesthesias and neck pain. The tumors were removed sub-totally and the neurological grade improved postoperatively in one of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgical Centre, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: Nazeer Ahmed
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Maqsood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akram
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghaffar
authors.forename: Sabir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome