Open AccessThoracic spine fracture associated with an extradural lipoma: Case report and systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
Giovanni Noia,
Mattia Basilico,
Raffaele Vitiello,
Andrea Perna,
Alessandro Leone,
Nicolò Rumi,
Francesco Ciro Tamburrelli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
orthopedic reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.412
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2035-8237
pISSN - 2035-8164
DOI - 10.4081/or.2020.8684
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracic spine , lipoma , asymptomatic , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , lipomatosis , surgery
Isolated extradural lipoma (IEL), not associated to spinal dysraphisms, is a rare condition. Frequently IEL was confused with much more frequent diffuse lipomatosis. The lesion can be completely asymptomatic and occasionally diagnosed with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This paper describes a case of a patient with an axial compression fracture of the thoracic spine associated with an extradural lipoma. We also performed a systematic review of the pertinent literature in order to retrieve the key information regarding: the diagnosis, the clinical features and the treatment.