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Laminectomy for the Removal of Thoracic Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum (TOLF) Using Ultrasonic and Conventional Osteotomes
Published on: April 21, 2023
Ossifying lipoma of the cervical spine
Ashley Brones1, Sarah Mengshol, C Corbett Wilkinson
1Department of Neurosurgery, University Health Sciences Center, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado 80045, USA. brones.ashley@tchden.org
Abstract:
The authors present the case of a 21-month-old girl with a posterior cervical subcutaneous/spinal lipoma that contained heterotopic bone. The patient demonstrated no neurological deficits and the lesion was resected without complication. The lesion was determined to be an ossifying lipoma. The literature on ossifying lipomas and osteolipomas is reviewed and the differences between the two are enumerated.