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Hanae Ramdani1, Manal Jidal2, Rachida Saouab2
1Radiology Department, Mohammed Vth military hospital, Ryad street, 10010, Rabat, Morocco. hanaeramdani@hotmail.fr.
Abstract:
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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