Decompression of idiopathic lumbar epidural lipomatosis: Diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging evaluation and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Ishikawa, Yoshinori ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^a   Suzuki, Tetsuya ^a   Hongo, Michio ^a   Kasukawa, Yuji ^a   Okada, Kyoji ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal epidural lipomatosis; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644886309     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.24     Document Type: Article

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