Pediatric Nondysraphic Intramedullary Lipoma : Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature.

J Korean Neurosurg Soc

Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Published: March 2023

Pediatric nondysraphic intramedullary lipoma is very rare, and only limited cases have been reported. In the present case, we present two infant patients with these pathologies who were surgically treated. Previous literature on 20 patients with these diseases who had undergone surgical treatments was analyzed. Surgical treatment should be considered in most symptomatic patients, and laminoplastic laminotomy and internal debulking of the lipoma under intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring are mostly recommended.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2022.0156DOI Listing

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