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Spinal epidural lipomatosis revealing endogenous Cushing's syndrome
Dominique Dumont-Fischer1, Anne-Christine Rat, Nathalie Saidenberg-Kermanac'h
1Rheumatology Department, CHU Avicenne, Bobigny, France.
Joint Bone Spine
|May 25, 2002
Abstract:
Spinal epidural lipomatosis is defined as accumulation of nonencapsulated fat within the spinal canal. It occurs chiefly in patients on long-term glucocorticoid therapy or in obese patients without any other detectable cause. We report the second case of spinal epidural lipomatosis revealing endogenous Cushing's syndrome.