Spinal epidural lipomatosis presenting to a U.S. Veterans Affairs pain and rehabilitation department: a report of two cases
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Idiopathic spinal epidural lipomatosis - two cases report and review of literature.
Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL), an abnormal localized or tumor-like accumulation of fat in the epidural space, is an infrequent complication of chronic steroid usage and an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression. During the period of 1990 to 2006, we have two cases of medically heath SEL patients without history of steroid administration. Their initial clinical manifestations were low bac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2045-709X
DOI: 10.1186/s12998-018-0203-1