Nondysraphic Huge Cervical Intramedullary Lipoma: a Case Report and a Review of Literature

Abouei Mehrizi, Mohammad Ali; Nazeminezhad, Ramin; Rezaee, Hamid; Ganjeifar, Babak

doi:10.22038/ijp.2022.56982.4516

Nondysraphic Huge Cervical Intramedullary Lipoma: a Case Report and a Review of Literature

Document Type : case report

Authors

Mohammad Ali Abouei Mehrizi ¹

Ramin Nazeminezhad ¹

Hamid Rezaee ²

Babak Ganjeifar ²

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22038/ijp.2022.56982.4516

Abstract

We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with huge cervical intramedullary lipoma, who presented with spastic quadriparesis. Her MRI revealed an intramedullary lipoma extending from the craniovertebral junction to the sixth cervical vertebra.
There was no spinal dysraphism. Subtotal excision of tumor with primary dural closure and laminoplasty was performed from C3 to C6, which produced an improvement in the patient’s function.

Keywords

intramedullary spinal tumor

lipoma

subtotal resection

cervical lipoma

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