Author/Authors :
Takebayashi, Akira Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Hori, Tsukasa Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Yamamoto, Masaki Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Iesato, Kotoe Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Igarashi, Keita Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Hatakeyama, Naoki Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Akiyama, Yukinori Departments of Neurosurgery - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Wanibuchi, Masahiko Departments of Neurosurgery - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Sugita, Shintaro Departments of Surgical Pathology - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan , Sakai, Yoshiyuki Department of Pediatrics - Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, Japan , Yoda, Minami Department of Pediatrics - Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, Japan , Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Departments of Pediatrics - Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
Introduction: Lipoblastoma is a benign tumor that originates in the embryonal fat. This tumor can arise from various anatomical
sites such as the extremities, trunk, and neck, but it rarely invades the spinal canal.
Case Presentation: We describe a 3-year-old girl with a dumbbell-shaped lipoblastoma that extended into the cervical spine. Although
she had no neurological deficit, we performed semi-total resection for decompression to the cord and avoid torticollis. Although
a residual tumor was present, she recovered well and developed no neurological sequelae. We have selected a wait-and-see
strategy for the residual tumor. She is now well-being more than four-years after the surgery.
Conclusions: Early surgical intervention and decompression of the tumor was effective to avoid neurological defects.
