[Mediastinal lipoblastoma with intramedullary extension].
BACKGROUND
Lipoblastomatous lesions are mesenchymal tumors of fetal-embryonal fat that are classified into two types: a superficial, well-defined mass (lipoblastoma) or an infiltrative lesion (lipoblastomatosis).


METHODS
An unique case of mediastinal lipoblastoma in a 27-month-old boy with spinal epidural extension from C7-D9, clinically manifested as a progressive painful.


CONCLUSIONS
The treatment of choice is the complete excision, with high risk of recurrence, suggesting a periodical clinical evaluation with neuroimaging studies.
Guillén-Quesada
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Servicio de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, España. aguillen@hsjdbcn.org
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery