Idiopathic symptomatic epidural lipomatosis of the lumbar spine

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-321

  Payer, M ^a,b   Van Schaeybroeck, P ^a   Reverdin, A ^a   May, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidural lipomatosis; Idiopathic; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038705289     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0001-x     Document Type: Article

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