title: Management of infiltrating spinal epidural angiolipoma.
abstract: Angiolipomas of the spine are rare benign tumors commonly presenting with compressive myelopathy. The present report describes a case of spinal angiolipoma with thoracic mediastinal extension in a 50-year-old woman. She presented with a long-standing history of mid-back pain with progressive lower extremities weakness. An MRI showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass located in the posterior epidural space of the thoracic spine with mediastinal extension. Histopathological examination demonstrated features consistent with spinal angiolipoma. This report emphasizes the diagnosis and therapeutic management options of infiltrating spinal angiolipomas.
authors: Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada. E-mail: mustafanadi@yahoo.com.
authors: Mustafa M
authors: MM
authors: Nadi
authors: Arwa M
authors: AM
authors: Nadi
authors: Mohammad Y
authors: MY
authors: Zabara
authors: Tahani M
authors: TM
authors: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome