Clinical and imaging characteristics in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar epidural lipomatosis

Lumbar epidural lipomatosis (LEL) is characterized by abnormal accumulation of unencapsulated adipose tissue in the spinal epidural space. Such accumulation compresses the dural sac and nerve roots, and result...

Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - March 1, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Taketoshi Yasuda, Kayo Suzuki, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Shoji Seki, Hiroto Makino, Kenta Watanabe, Takeshi Hori, Tohru Yamagami, Masahiko Kanamori and Tomoatsu Kimura Tags: Research article Source Type: research