Intraspinal Lipomas

Congenital Intraspinal Lipomas: Histological Analysis of 234 Cases and Review of the Literature

“…There are very few histopathological studies of these congenital intraspinal lipomas. Some of them report the histologi- cal features of an adult adipose tissue, showing a striking amount of fibrous tissue scattered throughout the entire fatty mass; for this reason, some authors called them fibrolipomas [3,10]. In our series, these lipomas represented 23% of the cases.…”

“…Congenital intraspinal lipomas are well-known lesions that have been reported on numerous occasions, but only few reports have included histological study [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Anatomically, intraspinal lipomas are distributed on both sides of a spina bifida-on one side in the subcutaneous tissue, without defined outlines and along with the normal adipose tissue, and on the other side intradurally in the subarachnoid spaces before terminating on the posterior face of the spinal cord (Fig.…”

The subdural extramedullary angiolipoma: A rare case report and review of literature

“…[8] The ratio of fatty to vascular component is variable, ranging from a predominantly lipomatous lesion to the subtype of a predominantly proliferative vascular structure. [9] To our knowledge, there are eight cases of subdural intramedullary angiolipoma reported.…”

Posterior scalloping of vertebral bodies in uncontrolled hydrocephalus

“…Of 15 cases of dumbbell tumours of the spine reported by Naffziger and Brown (1933), four were diagnosed as haemangioendotheliomas. Intraspinal lipomas may cause localized enlargement of the canal with posterior scalloping of several vertebrae, but, according to Ehni and Love (1945). they constitute only 1% of the primary intraspinal tumours in all age groups.…”

“…Broager (1953) Ehni and Love (1945). they constitute only 1% of the primary intraspinal tumours in all age groups.…”