LIPOMATOUS INVASION OF THE SPINAL CORD ASSOCIATED WITH SPINAL DYSRAPHISM: MYELOGRAPHIC EVALUATION

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1. Seven patients with spinal dysraphism and intraspinal lipomas were evaluated with plain film spine roentgenography and large volume myelography. 2. All patients showed a large dural sac. In 5 patients the conus medullaris was identified in a more caudal location than normal. In 3 patients the lipoma was identified in an extradural location, in 1 case the tumor was seen in both an intradural and extradural location and in 1 case the tumor was seen only intradurally. In 2 patients, the site of the lipoma could not be indentified, but the presence of a low-lying conus medullaris together with a large dural sac was strongly suggestive of this entity.

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