title: Intramedullary spinal epidermoid associated with an intramedullary lipoma.
abstract: True intramedullary epidermoids and true intramedullary lipomas of the spinal cord are very rare lesions. To our knowledge, there has been no reported case associated with an intramedullary spinal lipoma. This is the first reported case with the association of these two lesions. In this report a 3-year-old boy with intramedullary spinal lipoma is presented. We discuss the frequency, clinical features, MRI characteristics and limits of surgical treatment of these tumors and review the associated literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. dryerdem@gmail.com
authors.forename: M Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gokcek
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Haydar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Nurullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Edebali
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yasitli
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekiner
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery