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Intracranial Lipoma

MedGen UID:
272768
•Concept ID:
C1334241
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm located in the intracranial region. It is a congenital hamartomatous malformation derived from the embryologic meninx primitiva. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Differential diagnosis of intracranial lesions with high signal on T1 or low signal on T2-weighted MRI.
Warakaulle DR, Anslow P
Clin Radiol 2003 Dec;58(12):922-33. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(03)00268-x. PMID: 14654024
Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal intracranial tumors: a review.
Sherer DM, Onyeije CI
Am J Perinatol 1998 May;15(5):319-28. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-993951. PMID: 9643639
Intracranial lipomas: current perspectives in their diagnosis and treatment.
Eghwrudjakpor PO, Kurisaka M, Fukuoka M, Mori K
Br J Neurosurg 1992;6(2):139-44. doi: 10.3109/02688699209002916. PMID: 1590967

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The clinical and radiological features of cisternal and pericallosal lipomas.
Taydas O, Ogul H, Kantarci M
Acta Neurol Belg 2020 Feb;120(1):65-70. Epub 2019 Mar 13 doi: 10.1007/s13760-019-01119-1. PMID: 30868467
Intracranial lipomas: clinical and imaging findings.
Karakaş E, Doğan MS, Çullu N, Kocatürk M, Kocatürk Ö, Karakaş Ö, Celik B, Boyaci FN
Clin Ter 2014;165(2):e134-8. doi: 10.7471/CT.2014.1696. PMID: 24770821
Parietal lipomeningocele--case report.
Yamashita S, Kunishio K, Tamiya T, Nakamura T, Ogawa D, Igawa HH, Kuroda Y, Nagao S
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Feb;45(2):112-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.112. PMID: 15722612
Computed tomography scan of the head in patients with migraine or tension-type headache.
Valenca MM, Valenca LP, Menezes TL
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2002 Sep;60(3-A):542-7. PMID: 12244387
Midline developmental anomalies with lipomas in the corpus callosum region.
Kieslich M, Ehlers S, Bollinger M, Jacobi G
J Child Neurol 2000 Feb;15(2):85-9. doi: 10.1177/088307380001500205. PMID: 10695892

Diagnosis

Complete third nerve palsy as a presenting feature of an interpeduncular lipoma.
James LE, Roberts SAG, Beltechi R, Hussain R
Br J Neurosurg 2021 Feb;35(1):32-34. Epub 2020 Apr 16 doi: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1749982. PMID: 32297526
An Unusual Location for Intracranial Lipoma: Lateral Pontomesencephalic Lipoma in an Infant.
Saglam M, Kurt H, Meral C
Pediatr Neurol 2015 Nov;53(5):464-5. Epub 2015 Apr 10 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.03.027. PMID: 26255751
Incidental finding in a headache patient: intracranial lipoma.
Bilir O, Yavasi O, Ersunan G, Kayayurt K, Durakoglugil T
West J Emerg Med 2014 Jul;15(4):361-2. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.21298. PMID: 25035729Free PMC Article
Parietal lipoma associated with cortical dysplasia and abnormal vasculature: case report and review of the literature.
Saatci I, Aslan C, Renda Y, Besim A
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2000 Oct;21(9):1718-21. PMID: 11039355Free PMC Article
Lipoma of the septum pellucidum: case report.
Wilberger JE Jr, Abla A, Rothfus W
J Comput Tomogr 1987 Jan;11(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/0149-936x(87)90038-5. PMID: 3802883

Therapy

A case of Wilson's disease combined with intracranial lipoma and dysplasia of the corpus callosum with review of the literature.
Zhang L, Zhu L, Ci C, Ai W, Wang Y, Wang X
BMC Neurol 2024 Jan 25;24(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12883-024-03541-2. PMID: 38273263Free PMC Article
Epilepsy surgery without lipoma removal for temporal lobe epilepsy associated with lipoma in the Sylvian fissure.
Nomura K, Suzuki H, Iimura Y, Mitsuhashi T, Tamrakar S, Ueda T, Nishioka K, Fusegi K, Tada M, Nakajima M, Kakita A, Sugano H
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2023 Jan;165(1):265-269. Epub 2022 Aug 8 doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05330-7. PMID: 35934751Free PMC Article
Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis: A case report with review of literature.
Siddiqui S, Naaz S, Ahmad M, Khan ZA, Wahab S, Rashid BA
Neuroradiol J 2017 Dec;30(6):578-582. Epub 2017 Jul 14 doi: 10.1177/1971400917693638. PMID: 28707961Free PMC Article
Incidental finding in a headache patient: intracranial lipoma.
Bilir O, Yavasi O, Ersunan G, Kayayurt K, Durakoglugil T
West J Emerg Med 2014 Jul;15(4):361-2. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.21298. PMID: 25035729Free PMC Article
Intracranial lipoma of the quadrigeminal region associated with complex partial seizures.
Ono J, Ikeda T, Imai K, Mano T, Matsuoka T, Nagai T, Okada S
Pediatr Radiol 1998 Sep;28(9):729-31. doi: 10.1007/s002470050453. PMID: 9732507

Prognosis

Giant intracranial lipoma.
Tubbs RS, Louis RG Jr, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Blount JP
Folia Neuropathol 2007;45(4):247-9. PMID: 18176900
Parietal lipomeningocele--case report.
Yamashita S, Kunishio K, Tamiya T, Nakamura T, Ogawa D, Igawa HH, Kuroda Y, Nagao S
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Feb;45(2):112-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.112. PMID: 15722612
Computed tomography scan of the head in patients with migraine or tension-type headache.
Valenca MM, Valenca LP, Menezes TL
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2002 Sep;60(3-A):542-7. PMID: 12244387
Computed tomography of an intracranial lipoma confined in the suprasellar cistern.
Kikuchi K, Kowada M, Watanabe K
Comput Med Imaging Graph 1994 May-Jun;18(3):187-92. doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(94)90028-0. PMID: 8025885
Pathogenesis of intracranial lipoma: an MR study in 42 patients.
Truwit CL, Barkovich AJ
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1990 Oct;155(4):855-64; discussion 865. doi: 10.2214/ajr.155.4.2119122. PMID: 2119122

Clinical prediction guides

Intracranial lipomas: clinical and imaging findings.
Karakaş E, Doğan MS, Çullu N, Kocatürk M, Kocatürk Ö, Karakaş Ö, Celik B, Boyaci FN
Clin Ter 2014;165(2):e134-8. doi: 10.7471/CT.2014.1696. PMID: 24770821
Craniofacial features resembling frontonasal dysplasia with a tubulonodular interhemispheric lipoma in the adult 3H1 tuft mouse.
Fong KS, Cooper TB, Drumhiller WC, Somponpun SJ, Yang S, Ernst T, Chang L, Lozanoff S
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2012 Feb;94(2):102-13. Epub 2012 Jan 13 doi: 10.1002/bdra.22878. PMID: 22246904Free PMC Article
Intracranial lipomas: importance of localization.
Yildiz H, Hakyemez B, Koroglu M, Yesildag A, Baykal B
Neuroradiology 2006 Jan;48(1):1-7. Epub 2005 Oct 20 doi: 10.1007/s00234-005-0001-z. PMID: 16237548
Computed tomography scan of the head in patients with migraine or tension-type headache.
Valenca MM, Valenca LP, Menezes TL
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2002 Sep;60(3-A):542-7. PMID: 12244387
Intracranial chemical-shift artifacts on MR images of the brain: observations and relation to sampling bandwidth.
Smith AS, Weinstein MA, Hurst GC, DeRemer DR, Cole RA, Duchesneau PM
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1990 Jun;154(6):1275-83. doi: 10.2214/ajr.154.6.2110742. PMID: 2110742

Recent systematic reviews

Central nervous system anomalies in craniofacial microsomia: a systematic review.
Renkema RW, Caron CJJM, Wolvius EB, Dunaway DJ, Forrest CR, Padwa BL, Koudstaal MJ
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2018 Jan;47(1):27-34. Epub 2017 Jul 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.06.009. PMID: 28736116

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