• Neuroradiology · Nov 1995

    Case Reports

    Reversibility of lumbar epidural lipomatosis in obese patients after weight-reduction diet.

    • A C Borstlap, W J van Rooij, M Sluzewski, A C Leyten, and G Beute.
    • Department of Neuroradiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
    • Neuroradiology. 1995 Nov 1; 37 (8): 670-3.

    AbstractWe present three obese patients with symptomatic lumbar epidural lipomatosis. All three were treated with a calorie-controlled diet and considerable weight reduction was achieved. MRI demonstrated a reduction in the epidural fat and relief of thecal sac compression in all three; two also improved clinically.

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