Chronic Steroid Use Causing Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis

Chronic steroid use causes aberrant fat deposition in the epidural space, which may in rare cases result in spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL). We discuss the case of a 79-year-old female who had been on steroids for a long time, initially for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), then for adrenal insufficie...

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Autores principales: Alnabwani, Dina, Ganta, Nagapratap, Babayev, Ryan, Patel, Vraj, Shah, Viraj, Cheriyath, Pramil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8901088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35273886
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21945

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8901088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35273886
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21945

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