| Literature DB >> 31448001 |
Soukaina Wakrim1, Najwa Touil1, Ousmane Traore1, Omar Kacimi1, Nabil Chikhaoui1.
Abstract
Intramedullary lipomas are rare benign lesions accounting for approximately 1% of bone marrow cancers. We report a new case of histologically confirmed non-dysraphic intramedullary lipoma. The study involved a 46-year old female patient who had undergone surgical biopsy for medullary lipoma 6 months before and who did not have radiological reports prior to this surgery. She suffered from rachialgias, sensory disorders, difficulties to walk and recently aggravated muscular weakness. Medullary MRI objectified well-defined mass presenting hypersignal on T1 and on T2 measuring 8cm x 2.5cm in the conus terminalis. Magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard for the exploration of intramedullary lipomas. It allows early diagnosis as well as surgical management before the onset of irreversible neurological complications.Entities:
Keywords: Intramedullary lipoma; non dysraphic intramedullary; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
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Year: 2018 PMID: 31448001 PMCID: PMC6691310 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.31.244.9453
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1image IRM en pondération T2, montrant un hyper signal du lipome intra médullaire dorsolombaire s'étendant de D11 à L1
Figure 2image IRM en pondération T1, montrant un hyper signal du lipome intra médullaire dorsolombaire s'étendant de D11 à L1