title: [Mediastinal lipoblastoma with intramedullary extension].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, España. aguillen@hsjdbcn.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillén-Quesada
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Costa-Clara
mesh_terms: 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