Giant intracranial lipoma

Shane R. Tubbs; Robert G. Louis Jr.; Marios Loukas; Mohammadali M. Shoja; Jeffrey P. Blount

Abstract

4/2007 vol. 45

Giant intracranial lipoma

Shane R. Tubbs

,

Robert G. Louis Jr.

,

Marios Loukas

,

Mohammadali M. Shoja

,

Jeffrey P. Blount

Folia Neuropathol 2007; 45 (4): 247-249

Online publish date: 2007/12/21

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AMA

Tubbs S, Louis Jr. R, Loukas M, Shoja M, Blount J. Giant intracranial lipoma. Folia Neuropathologica. 2007;45(4):247-249.

APA

Tubbs, S., Louis Jr., R., Loukas, M., Shoja, M., & Blount, J. (2007). Giant intracranial lipoma. Folia Neuropathologica, 45(4), 247-249.

Chicago

Tubbs, Shane R., Robert G. Louis Jr., Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M. Shoja, and Jeffrey P. Blount. 2007. "Giant intracranial lipoma". Folia Neuropathologica 45 (4): 247-249.

Harvard

Tubbs, S., Louis Jr., R., Loukas, M., Shoja, M., and Blount, J. (2007). Giant intracranial lipoma. Folia Neuropathologica, 45(4), pp.247-249.

MLA

Tubbs, Shane R. et al. "Giant intracranial lipoma." Folia Neuropathologica, vol. 45, no. 4, 2007, pp. 247-249.

Vancouver

Tubbs S, Louis Jr. R, Loukas M, Shoja M, Blount J. Giant intracranial lipoma. Folia Neuropathologica. 2007;45(4):247-249.

Intracranial lipomas are rare and usually benign in their course. We report a case of a giant intracranial lipoma presenting with raised intracranial pressure. Additionally, this patient was found to have a large lipoma of the anterior fontanelle. The clinical course and outcome of this patient is presented and relevant literature reviewed.

Keywords

intracranial lipoma, brain neoplasm, pediatric neurosurgery

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