Angiolipoma of the central nervous system |
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Authors: | A Weill D Melan?on R Del Carpio D Tampieri R Ethier |
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Affiliation: | Service de Neuroradiologie, Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montréal, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Angiolipomas of the central nervous system are rare tumors (37 cases in the literature) and are mostly located in the spine (95%), rarely in the skull. When they are intraspinal, these masses are extradural 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 2 additional cases and a review of the literature, we define the main characteristics of these tumors. |
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