Steroid-induced Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis after Suprasella Tumor Resection

Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is an abnormal localized accumulation of fat tissues in the epidural space. It is strongly related with steroid administration. The symptoms of SEL are various and range from back pain to paraplegia. In severe cases, decompressive laminectomy is the choice of treatm...

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Autores principales: Kim, Si On, Park, Keuk Kyu, Kwon, Young Jun, Shin, Hyun Chul, Choi, Chun Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24757466
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.2.88
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author Kim, Si On
Park, Keuk Kyu
Kwon, Young Jun
Shin, Hyun Chul
Choi, Chun Sik
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description Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is an abnormal localized accumulation of fat tissues in the epidural space. It is strongly related with steroid administration. The symptoms of SEL are various and range from back pain to paraplegia. In severe cases, decompressive laminectomy is the choice of treatment. A 32-year-old woman who had been under long-term steroid administration after suprasellar tumor resection was admitted for both leg radiating pain and weakness. She was diagnosed with SEL and had a decompressive laminectomy. During the operation, we found the nerve roots were compressed by epidural fat tissues and engorged vessels. After the operation, her radiating pain was relieved and motor weakness was improved.
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spelling pubmed-39417162014-04-22 Steroid-induced Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis after Suprasella Tumor Resection Kim, Si On Park, Keuk Kyu Kwon, Young Jun Shin, Hyun Chul Choi, Chun Sik Korean J Spine Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is an abnormal localized accumulation of fat tissues in the epidural space. It is strongly related with steroid administration. The symptoms of SEL are various and range from back pain to paraplegia. In severe cases, decompressive laminectomy is the choice of treatment. A 32-year-old woman who had been under long-term steroid administration after suprasellar tumor resection was admitted for both leg radiating pain and weakness. She was diagnosed with SEL and had a decompressive laminectomy. During the operation, we found the nerve roots were compressed by epidural fat tissues and engorged vessels. After the operation, her radiating pain was relieved and motor weakness was improved. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013-06 2013-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3941716/ /pubmed/24757466 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.2.88 Text en Copyright © 2013 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Steroid-induced Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis after Suprasella Tumor Resection
title_sort steroid-induced spinal epidural lipomatosis after suprasella tumor resection
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