Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report

Spinal epidural angiolipomas are rare benign tumors. The tumors contain both vascular and mature adipose components. Typically, they present with a progressive clinical course. Acute presentation is rare. We present a case of a fifteen-year-old girl who presented with a sudden onset of backpain foll...

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Main Authors: Awang, Mohamed Saufi, Chan, Kin Hup, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Abd Rahman, Azlina
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Published: Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2014
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spelling iium-368182018-06-12T07:49:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36818/ Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report Awang, Mohamed Saufi Chan, Kin Hup Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali Abd Rahman, Azlina RB Pathology RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) RD701 Orthopedics Spinal epidural angiolipomas are rare benign tumors. The tumors contain both vascular and mature adipose components. Typically, they present with a progressive clinical course. Acute presentation is rare. We present a case of a fifteen-year-old girl who presented with a sudden onset of backpain followed by paraparesis with bladder and bowel incontinence. Neurological examination showed sensory loss below T10 with Grade 2 motor power. Spinal MRI showed long segment extradural lesion at T6-T9 level. Multiple laminectomy and excision of the tumor containing areas of hemorrhage was performed. Histopathology report revealed angiolipoma. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2014-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36818/1/IMJM_Vol_13_No_1_p73-76.pdf Awang, Mohamed Saufi and Chan, Kin Hup and Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri and Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali and Abd Rahman, Azlina (2014) Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 13 (1). pp. 73-76. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/volume-13-no-1-june-2014/
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topic RB Pathology
RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
RD701 Orthopedics
spellingShingle RB Pathology
RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
RD701 Orthopedics
Awang, Mohamed Saufi
Chan, Kin Hup
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali
Abd Rahman, Azlina
Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
description Spinal epidural angiolipomas are rare benign tumors. The tumors contain both vascular and mature adipose components. Typically, they present with a progressive clinical course. Acute presentation is rare. We present a case of a fifteen-year-old girl who presented with a sudden onset of backpain followed by paraparesis with bladder and bowel incontinence. Neurological examination showed sensory loss below T10 with Grade 2 motor power. Spinal MRI showed long segment extradural lesion at T6-T9 level. Multiple laminectomy and excision of the tumor containing areas of hemorrhage was performed. Histopathology report revealed angiolipoma.
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author Awang, Mohamed Saufi
Chan, Kin Hup
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali
Abd Rahman, Azlina
author_facet Awang, Mohamed Saufi
Chan, Kin Hup
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali
Abd Rahman, Azlina
author_sort Awang, Mohamed Saufi
title Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
title_short Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
title_full Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
title_fullStr Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
title_sort hemorrhagic thoracic spinal epidural angiolipoma: a case report
publisher Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36818/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36818/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36818/1/IMJM_Vol_13_No_1_p73-76.pdf
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