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Cranio-vertebral bony changes in a case of congenital lipomatosis

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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.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Middlesex Hospital, London, England

    E. J. Wylie & B. Kendall

  2. Lysholm Radiological Department, The National Hospital, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, England

    B. Kendall

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Wylie, E.J., Kendall, B. Cranio-vertebral bony changes in a case of congenital lipomatosis. Neuroradiology 31, 352–353 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344182

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