Abstract
Intramedullary (subpial) lipomas not associated with spinal dysraphism are very unusual [1]. A confident preoperative diagnosis is usually possible with MRI. We present a case of an isolated cervical intramedullary lipoma with unusual imaging morphology and imaging characteristics (distinctly low-signal on T2-weighted images) on MRI. An explanation for these features is proposed.
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Goyal, M., Mishra, N.K., Gaikwad, S. et al. Cervical intramedullary lipoma with unusual MRI features: case report. Neuroradiology 38 (Suppl 1), S117–S119 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02278137
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