Extradural Angiolipoma with Thoracic Myelopathy -A Case Report-

Abstract

A 24 year-old woman with thoracic myelopathy due to spinal angiolipoma is reported. Plain radiographs showed distinct, coarse trabecular patterns with vertical striations extending throughout the vertebral bodies of T4-6. CT and MRI revealed epidural tumor at levels of T3-9, which compressed the spinal cord. The patient underwent thoracic laminectomy and tumor resection. Pathologic findings indicated that the tumor was an angiolipoma.
Four months after surgery, the myelopathy had completely improved.