Spinal epidural lipomatosis

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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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of emergency medicine 2022-03, Vol.15 (1), p.14-14, Article 14
Hauptverfasser: Ramdani, Hanae, Jidal, Manal, Saouab, Rachida, Sahri, Imad-Eddine, En-Nouali, Hassan, El Fenni, Jamal
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Sprache:eng
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Angiology
Body fat
Cardiology
Case reports
Clinical Image
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obesity
Pain
Paralysis
Pediatrics
Spinal cord
Spine
Steroids
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1865-1372
1865-1380
DOI:10.1186/s12245-021-00404-2