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Central nervous system lipomas.

Nejmi Kiymaz¹, Bayram Cirak

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine, Van, Turkey. nkiymaz@hotmail.com

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

|February 25, 2003

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Central nervous system lipomas are rare congenital tumors. Surgical excision is challenging due to neural and calcific tissue involvement, making decompression and biopsy the primary concern.

Area of Science:

Neuro-oncology
Congenital Neuropathology

Background:

Lipomas of the central nervous system (CNS) are rare congenital lesions, often found along the midline, particularly in the corpus callosum.
Intramedullary spinal lipomas typically manifest around 30 years of age, coinciding with the onset of puberty.

Observation:

A 2-year-old girl with a quadrigeminal cistern lipoma and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis underwent subtotal fascial lipoma excision followed by intracranial lipoma removal.
A 20-year-old male with a T1-T4 intramedullary spinal lipoma underwent T1-T5 total laminectomy and subtotal excision.

Findings:

Histopathology revealed peripheral nerve tissue and calcification in the intracranial lipoma.
CNS lipomas can be mistaken for hamartomatous masses due to their composition of neural and calcific tissues alongside fatty components.

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Implications:

Complete excision of CNS lipomas, especially spinal intramedullary types, is difficult and potentially dangerous due to entanglement with neural tissue.
Surgical priorities for CNS lipomas often focus on decompression and biopsy rather than complete removal.