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SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION BY EXTRADURAL FAT AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
LEE MICHAEL,
LEKIAS JOHN,
GUBBAY S. S.,
HURST P. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , complication , spinal cord compression , spinal cord , surgery , compression (physics) , materials science , psychiatry , composite material
A case of extradural spinal cord compression due to excessive deposition of extradural fat after renal transplantation is reported. A thorough search of the literature failed to reveal a similar case, either as a cause of spinal cord compression or as a complication of prolonged corticosteroid therapy.