Open AccessThe Clinical Characteristics of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis in the Lumbar Spine
Author(s) -
Sun Kyung Park,
Jimin Han,
Keumo Lee,
Woo Jin Cho,
Ji Hun Oh,
Yun Suk Choi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anesthesiology and pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2228-7531
pISSN - 2228-7523
DOI - 10.5812/aapm.83069
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , back pain , body mass index , lipomatosis , magnetic resonance imaging , incidence (geometry) , spinal canal , low back pain , surgery , diabetes mellitus , radiology , spinal cord , pathology , optics , endocrinology , physics , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Lumbar spine MRI at one hospital showed that the incidence of symptomatic SEL was 1.1%; SEL is common at the L5-S1 level and in male patients, and severity grade is often severe.
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