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01-06-2017 | Neuro-Images

A giant cervicothoracic cord lipoma: an uncommon finding

Authors: Hossein Organji, Sahebeh Rajabkhah, Farzad Fatehi

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 2/2017

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Intradural spinal cord tumors are an infrequent but an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of patients suffering from back pain, radicular pain, sensorimotor deficits, or sphincter dysfunction [1]. Spinal lipomas are histologically benign tumors of the spinal cord accounting for less than 1 % of all spinal cord tumors that uncommonly require surgery. Noticeably, most of these tumors are observed in the lumbosacral region and are associated with spinal dysraphism [1‐3]. …

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Title: A giant cervicothoracic cord lipoma: an uncommon finding
Authors: Hossein Organji
Sahebeh Rajabkhah
Farzad Fatehi
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0700-8

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