Epidural lipomatosis induced by corticosteroid therapy;Lipomatose epidural secundária a corticoterapia

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Carneiro, Eduarda ^a   Bernardes, Irene ^a   Ribeiro Da Silva, Maria Luís ^a   Cruz, Joaquim ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lipomatosis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neurologic deficit; Steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0038802817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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