Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Jun 2001)

High Cervical Lipoma: A Case Report and Review with Classification

  • Tomojiro Yamane,
  • Ichiro Miyagawa,
  • Akira Dezawa,
  • Hiroto Mikami,
  • Yukihiro Arai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900100900115
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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We experienced a 51 year-old female with high cervical lipoma who complained of neck pain and hypoaesthesia on her right lower extremity. She underwent surgery for removal of the tumour, but she was found unconscious after the surgery and then died after 19 days.