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Intraventricular and Subarachnoid Fat after Spinal Injury  

Lyo, In-Uk (Department of Neurological Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Sim, Hong-Bo (Department of Neurological Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Park, Jun-Bum (Department of Neurological Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Kwon, Soon-Chan (Department of Neurological Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.44, no.2, 2008 , pp. 95-97 More about this Journal
Abstract
The authors report an extremely rare case with intraventricular and subarachnoid fat developed after trauma to spine and soft tissue in a 54-year-old male. The initial computed tomography (CT) showed multiple low attenuation lesions, which were thought to be pneumocephalus. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed lesions with high signal intensity on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, indicating fat globules within the CSF. In this report, the clinical presentation, radiological findings, and a review of the literature are presented.
Keywords
Intraventricular; Subarachnoid; Fat; Spine; Injury;
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