An infant with an intradural lipoma of the cervical spine extending into the posterior fossa. 2003

Yasutoshi Kai, and Toshiyuki Amano, and Takanori Inamura, and Toshio Matsushima, and Miki Takamatsu, and Erika Kai, and Masashi Fukui
Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.

BACKGROUND Intradural lipomas of the cervical spine are very rare. These tumours show no association with spinal dysraphism. We describe an infant with cervical spinal cord lipoma. Surgical decompression of the cord resolved all neurologic deficits. METHODS An 8 month old female infant presented with retarded development of motor function in the limbs, in addition to dysphagia. Computed tomography identified a tumour of fat density that extended from the medulla to C7. Magnetic resonance imaging showed hyperintensity on both T1- and T2-weighted images. A fat-suppression sequence demonstrated an area of signal enhancement in the dorsal portion of the tumour following administration of gadolinium. The adjacent spinal cord was normal. Partial removal of the tumour was performed together with decompressive laminoplasty. The enhancing region proved to be fibrous tissue. Motor development resumed in the week following operation. CONCLUSIONS Retarded motor development was the main manifestation of this infant's rare spinal tumour. Neuroimaging was of considerable diagnostic value; in particular, fat-suppression magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated details of the tumour and surrounding structures. Decompressive laminoplasty and laminectomy with partial removal of the tumour was effective in reversing clinical deficits.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008067 Lipoma A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule. Fatty Tumor,Hibernoma,Lipoma, Pleomorphic,Atypical Lipoma,Lipomata,Lipomatosis, Multiple,Atypical Lipomas,Fatty Tumors,Hibernomas,Lipoma, Atypical,Lipomas,Lipomas, Atypical,Lipomas, Pleomorphic,Lipomatas,Lipomatoses, Multiple,Multiple Lipomatoses,Multiple Lipomatosis,Pleomorphic Lipoma,Pleomorphic Lipomas,Tumor, Fatty,Tumors, Fatty
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D009192 Myelography X-ray visualization of the spinal cord following injection of contrast medium into the spinal arachnoid space. Cisternography, Myelographic,Myelographic Cisternography,Cisternographies, Myelographic,Myelographic Cisternographies,Myelographies
D002574 Cervical Vertebrae The first seven VERTEBRAE of the SPINAL COLUMN, which correspond to the VERTEBRAE of the NECK. Cervical Spine,Cervical Spines,Spine, Cervical,Vertebrae, Cervical
D003388 Cranial Fossa, Posterior The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE. Clivus,Cranial Fossas, Posterior,Fossa, Posterior Cranial,Fossas, Posterior Cranial,Posterior Cranial Fossa,Posterior Cranial Fossas
D004388 Dura Mater The outermost of the three MENINGES, a fibrous membrane of connective tissue that covers the brain and the spinal cord. Falx Cerebelli,Falx Cerebri,Pachymeninx,Tentorium Cerebelli
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013120 Spinal Cord Neoplasms Benign and malignant neoplasms which occur within the substance of the spinal cord (intramedullary neoplasms) or in the space between the dura and spinal cord (intradural extramedullary neoplasms). The majority of intramedullary spinal tumors are primary CNS neoplasms including ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; and LIPOMA. Intramedullary neoplasms are often associated with SYRINGOMYELIA. The most frequent histologic types of intradural-extramedullary tumors are MENINGIOMA and NEUROFIBROMA. Intradural-Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary,Neoplasms, Spinal Cord,Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Primary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Benign,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural-Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Malignant,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary Intramedullary,Tumors, Spinal Cord,Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasm,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Tumor,Spinal Cord Tumors,Tumor, Spinal Cord

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