Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

The Korean Neurosurgical Society (대한신경외과학회)
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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lipoma without Spinal Dysraphism

  • Hong, Jae-Taek (Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Won (Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Son, Byung-Chul (Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Sung, Jae-Hoon (Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Published : 2006.03.30
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Abstract

Extradural lipomas have been frequently reported in the literature, but intramedullary lipomas are far rarer, constituting only approximately 2% of total intramedullary tumors. Intramedullary lipomas are also commonly associated with spinal dysraphism. Lipomas which are not associated with spinal dysraphism are present in only about 1% of spinal lipoma patients. Here, we report a rare case of a patient suffering from an isolated intramedullary lipoma without evidence of spinal dysraphism.

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