Idiopathic spinal epidural lipomatosis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 258-261

  Fan, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Wang, Shih Tien ^a,b   Liu, Chien Lin ^b,c   Chang, Ming Chau ^a,b   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic; Spinal epidural lipomatosis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043179914     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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