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Lumbosacral Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Paciniomyolipoma: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Computed Tomography. and Pathology Findings
Author(s) -
Phillips W. Eugene,
Figueroa Ramon E.,
Viloria Jesus,
Ransohoff Joseph
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199552130
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbosacral joint , computed tomography , radiology , tomography , pathology , anatomy
This report desmbes a paciniomyolipoma as an intradural tumor of the lumbar spiriai cord composed of adipose tissue, stnated skeletal muscle, and paciriian corpuscles. Simple lipomas, myolipomas, and other vanant lipomas of the spinal cord have been described in the literature; to the authors' knowledge, however, this IS the first report of this unusual and unique lipoma.