spinal cord lipoma
MONDO:0001790Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names spinal cord lipoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the spinal cord. It is usually associated with dysraphism in which the intraspinal component communicates with a subcutaneous lipoma through a defect in the posterior elements of the spine. Non-dysraphic intramedullary spinal cord lipomas are very rare.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001790), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: spinal cord lipoma
- Also called
- lipoma of spinal cord