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...

Here we present the case of a patient with right upper extremity and lower weakness three-day duration, which triggered stroke evaluation. Ultimately, diagnosis spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) was made. Non-stroke diagnoses that stroke-like symptoms are referred to in medical literature as mimics. Such cases neurological deficits imitate acute ischemic stroke. The frequency such presentations...

A 50-year-old male without medical history presented with progressive development of motor weakness in his lower extremities and urinary leakage. For one year, he had experienced severe lower back pain associated to bilateral radicular claudication of the lower limbs. Physical examination revealed stepping with bilateral foot dorsiflexor weakness (2/5). Deep-tendon reflexes were abolished in bo...