Spinal extradural angiolipomas: A case report

Othman Benhayoun; Marouane Makhchoune; Abdelhamid Jehri; Mohamed Yassine Haouas; Said Hilmani; Abdelhakim Lakhdar

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102289

Spinal extradural angiolipomas: A case report

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Apr 13:65:102289. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102289. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Othman Benhayoun¹, Marouane Makhchoune¹, Abdelhamid Jehri¹, Mohamed Yassine Haouas¹, Said Hilmani¹, Abdelhakim Lakhdar¹

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgery Department, University Hospital Center IBN ROCHD, Casablanca, Morocco.

Abstract

Angiolipoma are benign tumors composed of mature adipocytes ad mixed with abnormal vascular elements. It reportedly accounts for 0.1-0.5% of all spinal axis tumors in adults and is extremely rare in children. This article describes a case of spinal extradural angiolipoma in a 35-year-old man, who presented with paraplegia and sphincter disorders, the MRI showed extradural spinal lesions at the level of T7 to T10, that squeezed the spinal cord. We attained total resection without any further neurological complication. The diagnosis of SEALs initially can be challenging radiologically since they may imitate other spinal lesions. The gold standard treatment modality should always be surgery, however in some cases, total resection can not be done.

Keywords: Angiolipomas; Case report; MRI; Spinal extradural.

Publication types

Case Reports