Spinal epidural lipomatosis - A brief review

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1323-1326

  Al Khawaja, Darweesh ^a   Seex, Kevin ^a   Eslick, Guy D ^b,c  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidural; Spinal lipomatosis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LEG PAIN; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL STENOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; THORACIC CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; THORACIC SPINE STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 55249110163     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.03.001     Document Type: Review

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