GEMMA TAGLIALATELA, ROSARIO GALASSO, GENNARO TAGLIALATELA, RENATA CONFORTI, ANTONIO VOLPE, LUIGI GALASSO
Neuroanatomy - 2009;8(1):39-42
Intracranial lipomas (iLp) are very rare congenital malformative lesions, being less than 0.1% of intracranial tumors. They originate from abnormal differentiation of mesenchimal tissue of meninx primitiva. Most of cases are asymptomatic pericallosal lesions, often associated with other defects of differentiation of the midline structures. Association with hypogenesis/agenesis of corpus callosum is frequent, being present in 90% of anterior lipomas and in 30% of posterior lipomas. There is no indication to surgical treatment in pure corpus callosum lipoma lesions. Prognosis and symptoms depends on associated malformations.
