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Suprasellar osteolipoma: case report. Surg Neurol 1998 Nov;50(5):457-60

Date

12/08/1998

Pubmed ID

9842872

DOI

10.1016/s0090-3019(97)00152-3

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0032212167 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   27 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Osteolipomas are distinguished from other intracranial lipomas by their arrangement of central adipose and peripheral osseous tissues and by characteristically arising in the suprasellar/interpeduncular region.

METHODS: We report computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and pathology findings from this 34-year-old man who underwent surgical removal of this benign lesion.

RESULTS: This case displays the distinctive histopathology that has been reported in 13 of 31 (42%) lipomas in this region. In contrast, ossification of lipomas at other intracranial sites is relatively rare.

CONCLUSIONS: Ossification should be expected in many suprasellar/interpeduncular lipomas, and osteolipoma should be included in the radiologic differential diagnosis of fat-intensity masses with calcification in this region.

Author List

Sinson G, Gennarelli TA, Wells GB

Author

Grant P. Sinson MD Associate Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Basilar Artery
Bone Neoplasms
Calcinosis
Cerebral Arterial Diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Intracranial Aneurysm
Lipoma
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Sella Turcica
Tomography, X-Ray Computed