Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine

Angiolipomas are composed of mature adipose tissue and blood vessels. Spinal angiolipomas are rare benign tumors with a good prognosis, and most symptoms are due to progressive compression of the spinal cord and root. The treatment of choice is total resection without any additional therapy. We repo...

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Autores principales: Kang, Hee Il, Kim, Tae Wan, Kim, Eun Ju, Park, Kwan Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29017310
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.3.112
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Kim, Tae Wan
Kim, Eun Ju
Park, Kwan Ho
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description Angiolipomas are composed of mature adipose tissue and blood vessels. Spinal angiolipomas are rare benign tumors with a good prognosis, and most symptoms are due to progressive compression of the spinal cord and root. The treatment of choice is total resection without any additional therapy. We report a case of an epidural angiolipoma on the lumbar spine in a 69-year-old man with weakness of the lower extremities. Lumbar magnetic resonance images revealed a well-enhanced epidural mass. He underwent laminectomy, and the tumor was completely removed. Pathologic examination confirmed the tumor was an angiolipoma. The patient’s symptoms gradually improved postoperatively.
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spelling pubmed-56420942017-10-17 Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine Kang, Hee Il Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Eun Ju Park, Kwan Ho Korean J Spine Case Report Angiolipomas are composed of mature adipose tissue and blood vessels. Spinal angiolipomas are rare benign tumors with a good prognosis, and most symptoms are due to progressive compression of the spinal cord and root. The treatment of choice is total resection without any additional therapy. We report a case of an epidural angiolipoma on the lumbar spine in a 69-year-old man with weakness of the lower extremities. Lumbar magnetic resonance images revealed a well-enhanced epidural mass. He underwent laminectomy, and the tumor was completely removed. Pathologic examination confirmed the tumor was an angiolipoma. The patient’s symptoms gradually improved postoperatively. Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2017-09 2017-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5642094/ /pubmed/29017310 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.3.112 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.ted.
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Kang, Hee Il
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Park, Kwan Ho
Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine
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title_full Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine
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title_full_unstemmed Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine
title_short Angiolipoma on the Lumbar Spine
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5642094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29017310
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2017.14.3.112
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