Considering Symptomatic Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis in the Differential Diagnosis

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 617-619

  Alvarez, Adriana ^a   Induru, Raghava ^a   Lagman, Ruth ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic steroid use; epidural lipomatosis; lumbar metastasis; prostate cancer; spinal cord compression; spinal mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC STEROID USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL MASS; SPINE DISEASE;

CHRONIC STEROID USE; EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS; LUMBAR METASTASIS; PROSTATE CANCER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL MASS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84883180223     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112457012     Document Type: Article

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