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Extradural spinal angiolipoma with secretory activity

An ultrastructural, clinico-pathological study

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The light and ultrastructural analyses of an extradural intraspinal angiolipoma causing symptoms of spinal cord compression, are reported. The tumour showed morphological evidence of an endocrine-like secretory activity of fat cells, with an apparent mechanism of secretory function that has not previously been described for angiolipomas. The secretory granules, containing a lipid-like material, were covered with a continuous basement membrane originating from the basement membrane of the adipocyte.

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    A. Bardosi & R. L. Friede

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Th. Schaake

  3. Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    U. Roessmann

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Bardosi, A., Schaake, T., Friede, R.L. et al. Extradural spinal angiolipoma with secretory activity. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 406, 253–259 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737090

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