Lumbar Intradural Lipomatosis: A case Report.
- Author:
You Il KIM
;
Hong Bum KIM
;
Byung Joon SHIN
;
Soo Kyoon RAH
;
Chang Uk CHOI
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lumbar spine;
Intradural lipomatosis
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Intermittent Claudication;
Laminectomy;
Lipomatosis*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Paraparesis;
Paresis;
Paresthesia;
Radiation, Ionizing;
Sensation;
Spinal Cord Diseases
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1998;33(4):1217-1221
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intradural lipomatosis is a rare clinical entity characterized by excessive fat deposition in the intradural space. And they occur slightly more frequently in males. It may lead compression of the spinl cord or lumbargo, radiating pain, paresthesia, intermittent claudication and if they involve the cervical and thoracic region, the patients with tumours in these regions most frequently present with a slow ascending monoparesis or paraparesis, cutaneous sensory loss and defective deep sensation. Only 3% of tumours have been reported in the thoraco-lumbar region. The diagnosis should be based on a combination of clinical, imaging, surgical, and histological findings, and especially the diagnostic procedure of choice in patients with progressive myelopathy is MRI scan as it produces accurate imaging without exposure to ionizing radiation. He was treated surgically-removal of excessive fat tissue and decompressive laminectomy. We report a case of intradural lipomatosis that we had removed by surgically.
