First Report of Recurrent Intramuscular Lipoma after Decompression Surgery of the Lumbar Spine.
Intramuscular or infiltrating lipomas are rare. We present a 58-year-old man with an intramuscular lipoma developing after decompression surgery for lumbar spinal canal stenosis. One year after macroscopically complete lipoma resection, an even bigger recurrent tumor had to be removed. The lumbar paraspinal musculature is a very uncommon site for an intramuscular lipoma. A relation between surgery and the growth and recurrence of an intramuscular lipoma has not been described previously in the literature.
Department of Neurosurgery, Nova Clinic, Biberach, Germany.
Stephan
S
Klessinger
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Wolfgang
W
Freund
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Georg
G
Karpel-Massler
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Christian
C
Wirtz
Laboratory of Neuropathology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Dietmar
D
Thal
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Marc-Eric
ME
Halatsch
D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery