Thoracic spine fracture associated with an extradural lipoma: Case report and systematic review of the literature

Isolated extradural lipoma (IEL), not associated to spinal dysraphisms, is a rare condition. Frequently IEL was confused with much more frequent diffuse lipomatosis. The lesion can be completely asymptomatic and occasionally diagnosed with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This paper describes a case...

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Autores principales: Noia, Giovanni, Basilico, Mattia, Vitiello, Raffaele, Perna, Andrea, Leone, Antonio, Rumi, Nicolò, Tamburrelli, Francesco Ciro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32913612
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2020.8684
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Sumario:Isolated extradural lipoma (IEL), not associated to spinal dysraphisms, is a rare condition. Frequently IEL was confused with much more frequent diffuse lipomatosis. The lesion can be completely asymptomatic and occasionally diagnosed with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This paper describes a case of a patient with an axial compression fracture of the thoracic spine associated with an extradural lipoma. We also performed a systematic review of the pertinent literature in order to retrieve the key information regarding: the diagnosis, the clinical features and the treatment.

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