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Cranio-vertebral bony changes in a case of congenital lipomatosis.

Publication date: 1988-12-31

Keywords: Adult, Bone Development, Cervical Vertebrae, pathology, Female, Humans, Lipomatosis, complications, congenital, Occipital Bone, Periosteum

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Abstract

Congenital lipomatosis may cause a fatty mass infiltrating muscle planes and extending into the epidural space. Adjacent structures are displaced: there is pressure erosion of the vertebrae and periosteal new bone formation.