SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
FIIRGAARD B MADSEN FH
Citation
B. Fiirgaard et Fh. Madsen, SPINAL EPIDURAL LIPOMATOSIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 7(6), 1997, pp. 354-357
Citations number
35
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports → ACNP
ISSN journal
09057188
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
354 - 357
Database
ISI
SICI code
0905-7188(1997)7:6<354:SEL-CA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a condition in which excess adipo se tissue is deposited circumferentially about the spinal cord in the epidural space. It is most frequently seen in patients on chronic gluc ocorticosteroid therapy for a variety of medical problems. This is a c ase report of lumbar epidural lipomatosis in a bodybuilder with radicu lopathy supposedly induced by anabolic steroid intake.