Lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis: MRI grading

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1709-1721

  Borré, Daniel G ^a,b,c   Borré, Guillermo E ^a,b   Aude, Flavio ^b   Palmieri, Gladys N ^a  

^a RM Hastings   (Argentina)

^b Oncologic Center Excellence   (Argentina)

^c Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Vascular   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037591456     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1716-4     Document Type: Article

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