Alteration in radiological subtype of spinal lipoma: case report

We experienced a rare case of lipomyelomeningocele diagnosed at birth by magnetic resonance imaging which transformed the radiological appearance after 2 months into the transitional-type spinal lipoma with rapid increase in size of lipoma. Intraoperative findings revealed the presence of the dural...

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Published in:Child's nervous system 2013-10, Vol.29 (10), p.1957-1959
Main Authors: Tamura, Goichiro, Ogiwara, Hideki, Uematsu, Kodai, Morota, Nobuhito
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth
Case Report
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lipoma - diagnostic imaging
Lipoma - surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Meningomyelocele - diagnostic imaging
Neurosciences
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Procedures - methods
Radiography
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:We experienced a rare case of lipomyelomeningocele diagnosed at birth by magnetic resonance imaging which transformed the radiological appearance after 2 months into the transitional-type spinal lipoma with rapid increase in size of lipoma. Intraoperative findings revealed the presence of the dural sac extended dorsally outside the vertebral canal, which was characteristic of lipomyelomeningocele. Although there have been several reports showing that the size of spinal lipoma changed during development, there have been no reports which demonstrated alteration of radiological subtype with rapid increase of lipoma. Herein, we describe the first case of lumbosacral lipoma which changed radiological subtype from lipomyelomeningocele into transitional-type spinal lipoma.
ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/s00381-013-2121-9