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Central nervous system lipoma

MedGen UID:: 272443
•Concept ID:: C1332885
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonyms:	Central Nervous System Lipoma; central nervous system lipoma; CNS Lipoma; CNS lipoma; Lipoma of Central Nervous System; lipoma of central nervous system; Lipoma of CNS; lipoma of CNS; Lipoma of the Central Nervous System; lipoma of the central nervous system; Lipoma of the CNS; lipoma of the CNS

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0003844

Definition

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the central nervous system frequently found in midline locations such as the corpus callosum, the quadrigeminal plate, the hypothalamus, the spinal canal or the cauda equina. Some contain Schwann cells, bone, cartilage or hamartomatous blood vessels. [from NCI]

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GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVCentral nervous system lipoma

Neoplasm
- Neoplasm by Special Category
  - Benign neoplasm
    - Benign connective and soft tissue neoplasm
      - Benign soft tissue neoplasm
        Benign Central Nervous System Mesenchymal, Non-Meningothelial Neoplasm
        Central nervous system lipoma
        Central Nervous System Angiolipoma
        Epidural spinal canal angiolipoma
        Central nervous system hibernoma
        Intracranial Lipoma
        Cerebral hemisphere lipoma
        Pericallosal lipoma
        Internal auditory canal lipoma
        Spinal cord lipoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tethered cord syndrome: overview of diagnosis and treatment.

Yamada S, Won DJ, Siddiqi J, Yamada SM
Neurol Res 2004 Oct;26(7):719-21. doi: 10.1179/016164104225017947. PMID: 15494110

Pre-natal diagnosis of occult spinal dysraphism by ultrasonography and post-natal evaluation by MR scanning.

Sattar TS, Bannister CM, Russell SA, Rimmer S
Eur J Pediatr Surg 1998 Dec;8 Suppl 1:31-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071249. PMID: 9926321

The median cleft face syndrome. Differential diagnosis of cranium bifidum occultum, hypertelorism, and median cleft nose, lip, and palate.

DeMyer W
Neurology 1967 Oct;17(10):961-71. doi: 10.1212/wnl.17.10.961. PMID: 6069608

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Prenatal detection of Pai syndrome without cleft lip and palate: a case report.

Ocak Z, Yazicioglu HF, Aygun M, Ilter MK, Ozlu T
Genet Couns 2013;24(1):1-5. PMID: 23610859

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