Epidural lipomatosis: Case report and literature review

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-348

  Hierholzer, J ^a   Benndorf, G ^a   Lehmann, T ^a   Schneider, G H ^a   Podrabsky, P ^a   Sander, B ^a   Sorensen R ^a   Siekmann, R ^a   Stoltenburg, G ^b   Felix, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidural lipomatosis; Heart lung transplant; Myelography; Spinal cord compression; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 9344245751     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00596585     Document Type: Article

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