Carcinoma Associated with Lipomeningocele

Autor:	Giovanni Marini, Massimo Gandolfini, Angelo Bollati, Giuseppe Galli
Rok vydání:	1979
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Fistula medicine.disease Lipomeningocele Surgery Lesion medicine.anatomical_structure Cerebrospinal fluid Epidermoid carcinoma medicine Carcinoma Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Subdural space business Meningitis
Zdroj:	Neurosurgery. 5:268-269
ISSN:	1524-4040 0148-396X
DOI:	10.1227/00006123-197908000-00014
Popis:	We report the case of a 41-year-old man with an epidermoid carcinoma that had developed on a meningocele with a fistulous tract that chronically drained cerebrospinal fluid. After a review of the literature, we discuss the cause of this rare occurrence. We think that the recurrent discharge of spinal fluid (never complicated by meningitis) may have caused a chronic irritation of the tissues and then the delayed development of a carcinoma, which is similar to a case found in the literature. In our case there was a “flow” of carcinomatous cells along the fistula, which entered the meningocele, invading the subdural space as far as the peduncle. Our patient, who had a benign lesion (meningocele), came under neurosurgical care only after the lesion had degenerated. The malignant degeneration of such a benign lesion emphasizes the need for surgical treatment as soon as possible.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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