THORACIC INTRASPINAL LIPOMA

Authors
GOWER DJ ENGLES CF FRIEDMAN ES
Citation
Dj. Gower et al., THORACIC INTRASPINAL LIPOMA, British journal of neurosurgery, 8(6), 1994, pp. 761-764
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
8
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
761 - 764
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1994)8:6<761:TIL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Intraspinal lipomas are rare congenital tumours that most commonly occ ur at the conus. We describe a thoracic intraspinal lipoma presenting with a myelopathy and imaged by MRI. Surgical decompression and dural enlargement appears to be the treatment of choice in those patients wh o develop spinal cord dysfunction associated with an intraspinal lipom a.