Growing fat tissue after grafting for dural sealing.

Grüter, Basil Erwin; Andereggen, Lukas (2023). Growing fat tissue after grafting for dural sealing. World neurosurgery, 170, pp. 236-237. Elsevier 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.082

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We report on a young patient with a growing retroauricular benign fat tissue tumour after juvenile fat grafting for dural sealing of a placed ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The clinical images indicates fat tissue rather than a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak due to potential shunt malfunction suspected on plain radiography. Human adipose tissue is a source of stem cells that can replicate rather than undergo necrosis, in particular when transplanted during development.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Neurochirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Andereggen, Lukas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1878-8750

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

28 Nov 2022 10:47

Last Modified:

25 Nov 2023 00:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.082

PubMed ID:

36436776

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/175219

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175219

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