Growing Fat Tissue After Grafting for Dural Sealing.

Grüter, Basil Erwin; Andereggen, Lukas · World Neurosurg · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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

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