title: Symptomatic osteolipoma of the tuber cinereum masquerading as calcified retroclival mass.
abstract: We present a case of symptomatic osteolipoma of the tuber cinereum in a 51 year old male with rapid visual deterioration over several months leading to bilateral visual loss. Preoperatively the lesion masqueraded as a calcified retroclival mass. Intracranial osteolipomas are rare benign lesions that are usually asymptomatic and have an indolent course. Additionally, we discuss our intraoperative findings highlighting the technical challenges encountered along with a review of the English language literature on histologically proven intracranial osteolipomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Post Office Box 33932, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
authors.forename: Piyush
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalakoti
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Post Office Box 33932, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jacobsohn
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Post Office Box 33932, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA. Electronic address: ananda@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*; D014371:Tuber Cinereum / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Dystrophic calcification; Intracranial; Ossification; Osteolipoma; Retroclival; Tuber cinereum