Symptomatic epidural lipomatosis of the spinal cord in a child: MR demonstration of spinal cord injury

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 865-868

  Muñoz, Albert ^a,b   Barkovich, James A ^a   Mateos, Fernando ^b   Simón, Rogelio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CNS complications; Crohn's disease; Lipomatosis; MR studies; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIPOMATOSIS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE;

CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0036952288     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0811-7     Document Type: Article

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