Spontaneous decrease in the size of a residual thoracic intradural lipoma

Br J Neurosurg. 2005 Feb;19(1):53-5. doi: 10.1080/02688690500080950.

Abstract

Intradural spinal lipomas of thoracic cord are quite rare. It is known that lipomas are hamartomas, which change their size with alterations of body fat. An 18-year-old male patient, with a thoracic intradural lipoma showing spontaneous decrease in the size of a residual lipoma and tethering of the cord 4 years after surgery, is presented in this report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / pathology*
  • Lipoma / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous*
  • Postoperative Period
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery