Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression

Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression

Spinal epidural angiolipomas are rare, benign tumors composed of mature lipocytes admixed with abnormal blood vessels. Only 128 cases of spinal epidural angiolipomas have been reported in literature till now. Spinal angiolipomas are predominantly located in the mid-thoracic region. We report a case...

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Main Authors: Rajesh K Ghanta, Kalyan Koti, Srinivas Dandamudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
angiolipoma
spinal epidural tumor
spinal tumor
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102617
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spelling doaj-1ff4fa64142d4953896f86406f648ed82021-04-02T13:36:16ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice0976-31470976-31552012-09-01030334134310.4103/0976-3147.102617Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compressionRajesh K Ghanta0Kalyan Koti1Srinivas Dandamudi2Department of Neurosurgery, Suraksha Hospital, Vijayawada, IndiaDepartments of Pathology, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Radiology, NRI Academy of Sciences, Chinakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaSpinal epidural angiolipomas are rare, benign tumors composed of mature lipocytes admixed with abnormal blood vessels. Only 128 cases of spinal epidural angiolipomas have been reported in literature till now. Spinal angiolipomas are predominantly located in the mid-thoracic region. We report a case of dorsal epidural angiolipoma in a 56-year-old male who presented with paraparesis and was diagnosed to have D4-5 epidural angiolipoma. Total surgical excision of the epidural angiolipoma was done and his paraparesis gradually improved.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102617angiolipomaspinal epidural tumorspinal tumor
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author Rajesh K Ghanta
Kalyan Koti
Srinivas Dandamudi
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Kalyan Koti
Srinivas Dandamudi
Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
angiolipoma
spinal epidural tumor
spinal tumor
author_facet Rajesh K Ghanta
Kalyan Koti
Srinivas Dandamudi
author_sort Rajesh K Ghanta
title Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
title_short Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
title_full Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
title_fullStr Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
title_full_unstemmed Spinal epidural angiolipoma: A rare cause of spinal cord compression
title_sort spinal epidural angiolipoma: a rare cause of spinal cord compression
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
issn 0976-3147
0976-3155
publishDate 2012-09-01
description Spinal epidural angiolipomas are rare, benign tumors composed of mature lipocytes admixed with abnormal blood vessels. Only 128 cases of spinal epidural angiolipomas have been reported in literature till now. Spinal angiolipomas are predominantly located in the mid-thoracic region. We report a case of dorsal epidural angiolipoma in a 56-year-old male who presented with paraparesis and was diagnosed to have D4-5 epidural angiolipoma. Total surgical excision of the epidural angiolipoma was done and his paraparesis gradually improved.
topic angiolipoma
spinal epidural tumor
spinal tumor
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102617
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