Thoracic spine fracture associated with an extradural lipoma: Case report and systematic review of the literature | Zendy

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Thoracic spine fracture associated with an extradural lipoma: Case report and systematic review of the literature

Author(s) -

G. Noia,

Mattia Basilico,

Raffaele Vitiello,

Andrea Perna,

Antonio 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.

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