Traumatic bleeding of spinal angiolipoma presenting with subacute paraparesis – a case report and histopathological aspects

Abstract

Spinal angiolipoma is a rare benign tumour. It usually presents as a slowly progressive compressive lesion. Bleeding in this tumour is extremely rare and is spontaneous and acute. This is the first reported case of post-traumatic bleeding from a spinal angiolipoma, who developed subacute progressive paraparesis. The pathological definition of this rare entity is not well established. Histologically it is distinct from cutaneous angiolipoma.

Key words:

• Spinal angiolipoma
• post-traumatic
• bleeding
• histopathology

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