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Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Angiolipomas are benign tumors most commonly found in the thoracic spine. They are composed of mature adipocytes and abnormal vascular elements that usually present with a slowly progressive course of neurological deterioration. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 35-year-old female, with a prior histor...

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Autores principales: Onishi, Franz Jooji, Salem, Flavio Augusto Sekeff, de Melo Lins, Diogo Luis, Dauar, Rafi Felicio Bauab, Stavale, João Norberto
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28791193
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_467_16
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author Onishi, Franz Jooji
Salem, Flavio Augusto Sekeff
de Melo Lins, Diogo Luis
Dauar, Rafi Felicio Bauab
Stavale, João Norberto
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description BACKGROUND: Angiolipomas are benign tumors most commonly found in the thoracic spine. They are composed of mature adipocytes and abnormal vascular elements that usually present with a slowly progressive course of neurological deterioration. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 35-year-old female, with a prior history of back pain, acutely developed paraparesis. When the thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a dorsal epidural mass at the T3-T5 level, she underwent a laminectomy for gross total excision of the lesion that proved to be an angiolipoma. On the second postoperative day, the patient was again able to ambulate. CONCLUSION: The angiolipomas of spine are rare causes of spinal cord compression, and those presenting with acute neurological deficits should be immediately treated.
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spelling pubmed-55254592017-08-08 Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature Onishi, Franz Jooji Salem, Flavio Augusto Sekeff de Melo Lins, Diogo Luis Dauar, Rafi Felicio Bauab Stavale, João Norberto Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Angiolipomas are benign tumors most commonly found in the thoracic spine. They are composed of mature adipocytes and abnormal vascular elements that usually present with a slowly progressive course of neurological deterioration. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 35-year-old female, with a prior history of back pain, acutely developed paraparesis. When the thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a dorsal epidural mass at the T3-T5 level, she underwent a laminectomy for gross total excision of the lesion that proved to be an angiolipoma. On the second postoperative day, the patient was again able to ambulate. CONCLUSION: The angiolipomas of spine are rare causes of spinal cord compression, and those presenting with acute neurological deficits should be immediately treated. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5525459/ /pubmed/28791193 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_467_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dauar, Rafi Felicio Bauab
Stavale, João Norberto
Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title_full Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title_short Spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: Case report and review of literature
title_sort spinal thoracic extradural angiolipoma manifesting as acute onset of paraparesis: case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28791193
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_467_16
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