Spinal epidural lipomatosis

Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a rare pathologic growth of histologically normal nonencapsulated adipose tissue in the epidural space. It can cause myelopathy or radiculopathy. Etiologies include chronic exposure to endogenous or exogenous steroids and obesity. Idiopathic forms are much infreq...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ramdani, Hanae, Jidal, Manal, Saouab, Rachida, Sahri, Imad-Eddine, En-Nouali, Hassan, El Fenni, Jamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35331135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00404-2
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Sumario:Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a rare pathologic growth of histologically normal nonencapsulated adipose tissue in the epidural space. It can cause myelopathy or radiculopathy. Etiologies include chronic exposure to endogenous or exogenous steroids and obesity. Idiopathic forms are much infrequent. We present a case of lumbar SEL compressing the thecal sac in a 50-year-old female patient.

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