Symptomatic epidural lipomatosis secondary to obesity: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-350

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Nath, Rahul K ^b   Nair, C P V ^b   Tchang, S P ^b  

^a Neurological Associates   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

epidural lipomatosis; obesity; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0030056403     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.2.0348     Document Type: Article

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