title: Ossifying lipoma of the cervical spine.
abstract: The authors present the case of a 21-month-old girl with a posterior cervical subcutaneous/spinal lipoma that contained heterotopic bone. The patient demonstrated no neurological deficits and the lesion was resected without complication. The lesion was determined to be an ossifying lipoma. The literature on ossifying lipomas and osteolipomas is reviewed and the differences between the two are enumerated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Health Sciences Center, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado 80045, USA. brones.ashley@tchden.org
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brones
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mengshol
authors.forename: C Corbett
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery