Spontaneous shrinkage of lumbosacral lipoma in conjunction with a general decrease in body fat: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-152

  Endoh, Mitsutoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Lumbosacral lipoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; SACRUM; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031862998     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00096     Document Type: Article

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