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[Thoracic epidural angiolipoma. Report of a case]
R J Balbo1, J F Araújo, C A Melro
1Departamento de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brasil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Angiolipomas of the spine are rare (40 cases in the literature). When they are intraspinal, these masses are epidural in more than 90% of the cases. Angiolipomas are benign tumors containing vascular and mature adipose elements. The clinical symptomatology is non specific, but computed tomography and mostly MRI provide a precise diagnosis. With one additional case and a review of the literature, we define the main characteristics of these tumors.