Open AccessDorsolumbar angiolipoma
Author(s) -
Surendra K. Gupta,
Anuj Chhabra,
Hanuman Kumar Prajapati,
Ferhaan Ahmad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-4959
pISSN - 1220-8841
DOI - 10.33962/roneuro-2020-092
Subject(s) - medicine , angiolipoma , laminectomy , surgery , paraplegia , decompression , lipoma , malignancy , radiology , spinal cord , psychiatry
A 55-year-old female was presented with complaints of tingling sensations of the bilateral lower limb with spastic paraplegia for last one year. Her pre-operative contrast MRI study of Dorsolumbar Spine was suggestive of extradural angiolipoma. She underwent D11, D12 and L1 Laminectomy and a mildly vascular yellowish globular extradural mass was found which was excised completely and dural decompression was achieved. Post-operatively, the patient’s neurologic symptoms improved.Conclusion: Spinal angiolipoma is considered a rare benign entity which emulates malignancy. It should be included as a differential diagnosis of the spinal epidural tumour with fat component and a high degree of vascularisation. surgical removal of this epidural tumour through a proper and comprehensive approach provides complete and permanent recovery.